What am I?

Get out!
i hang
i stick
unnoticed,
until you need me

i mark the path you must take
freedom from Death

in such a catastrophe
my path is a flood
bodies pour out
screaming tugging,
crying

me, the rescuer
left behind
to burn

55 word story

Oh life, it’s sweet and powerful, angry and bitter.
What is life? Is it the ultimate search for happiness, power and love? Or is it just a mere wait, day after day, lack of contentment and meaning.
Is there an answer to these questions? Or is life just a big contradiction; significance and rationality unfound.

Title:
No sense of resolve, the feeling is mutual

What am I?

you think you’re sly, you think you’re
cool, you think you can
hide, out of
sight from mr. or mrs. But you
Can’t

You’re sly,i think
Not, you’re hiding, not from
Me! i can’t
Smell
Taste or
Feel
The only sense I have is to
See! i
See you!

The day my world changed

Version Three

Ping Pong

it sat in my basement
untouched
my fate overlooked
brought to me
waiting no longer
previously overlooked, but then so
clear
my fate
pierced the walls of my ignorant denial

the foreign instrument,
rubber and wood
finished moves,
subconsciously calibrated
perfect

my old self,
bored and
lacking
wanting something unknown
my old self,
gone
the new one,
obsessed

never enough
always craving, the
control, the
pick pock, pick pock
a quickened heartbeat,
too complex and fast,
for the novice

freedom
only the rhythmic moves
and endless passion
freedom from boredom forevermore

my experienced rival
lost
fate
found

What she should have said

A friend, fool, and fraud
A story of two perspectives

The fool:
he was so handsome, so kind
he took my hand,
i had no intention of letting go

The friend:
she was so sweet, but so naïve
he took her hand
did she know?
he was a charmer
sucking her in
only to let go

The Fool:
he really cared
he listened and cooperated
he held me so sweet
so adoring

The friend:
he won her over
he won his prize
did he know?
she was a gate to redemption
freedom from abuse and nastiness
a chance for happiness and cleansing

The Fool:
he made me feel so secure
so complete and perfect
i knew he wouldn’t let go
i was ready
ready to give up looking
because it was right there
between us
we were in love
intimate love

The Friend:
he really blinded her
she followed that scum so loyally
she got her warnings
from her true loves
but the scum defeated us
charm and deceit his weapon

The fool:
my so called friends
were filled with jealousy and lies
they told me awful things
were they trying to pull my love away?

The Friend:
i love her so much
i tried and tried to save her
but she was so badly influenced
she was taken from me
never to be seen again

The Fool:
i was so confused
what happened?
did he no longer love me?
did i do something wrong?
it was just my fault
i knew i was never good enough
i should’ve never burdened him with my love
it was ok, i would be better next time
i pleaded for that next time,
but he continued

The Friend:
an unbearable year passed,
i saw him, he saw me
we both knew who he was
a murderer
he turned and walked away, fearful to show his guilt
his new victim totally oblivious

No longer a fool:
now i look down on them
sometimes I help out
i try to give them clues
sometimes they listen
it reminds me of my fragile human days
when i should have listened
when satan snatched my hand
i should have said no

The day my world changed

Version two

Table Tennis

it sat in my basement
untouched
dust collected
my fate unnoticed

that thing in my childhood’s basement
previously overlooked
pierced the walls of my ignorant denial

the foriegn instrument,
rubber and wood
became a part of me, finished
moves, subconsciously calibrated
perfect

my old self,
gone, the new one
obsessed

obsessed, that place where I go
only the rhythmic moves
the endless passion
freedom from boredom forevermore

my experienced rival
lost
fate,
found

The day my world changed

Table Tennis

it sat in my basement
untouched
dust collected
my fate unnoticed

that thing in my childhood’s basement
previously overlooked
pierced the walls of my ignorant denial

the foriegn instrument,
rubber and wood
became a part of me, finished
moves, subconsciously calibrated
perfect

my experienced rival
lost
fate,
found

10 Minute Play

LEAH
I’m telling you he’s different
HENRY
Oh I don’t know. Why do you concern yourself with people like him anyway?
LEAH
Well, I usually don’t it’s just that, well he actually-
HENRY
(Pointing toward the fries)
Are you gonna eat those?
LEAH
Yeah I am, but-
HENRY
(taking the fries)
Thanks
LEAH
Hey, uhhg… would you listen to what I’m trying to tell you?
HENRY
When do I ever not listen to you?
LEAH
(rolls her eyes, sighs and puts her hands on her face and elbows on the table)

(at a different table)
NICOLE
(wearing something “in” from an “in” name, leaning into Samson and touching his arm, flirting, she says in a seductive tone)
So Sami, what ya doin’ tonight honey? (winking)
SAMSON
(looking straight into her eyes, boldly but not unkind in any way, says)
I’m sorry Nicole, I’m afraid I have a previous engagement.
NICOLE
(looking somewhat bewildered, she responds as if a completely different person as she was before, in a very common voice)
Oh, I uh, I guess I’ll . . .
(recovering and going back to her previous façade)
I’ll see you later then hon. (continuing in a straight line, she exits the diner)

(walking in from outside comes high school football star Johnny Stevens)
JOHNNY
(says in an almost annoying tone 4 decibels higher than anyone in the restaurant (diner) to Samson)
Sami!
(enunciating every syllable as if to a two year old for affect)
How about that game!
SAMSON
(gives him a look of question)
JOHNNY
(returns to a normal fluency)
Dude, don’t give me that look (as if he has seen it before). (shakes his head in wonderment), its as if you know what they’re gona do (saying it in amazement not as an accusation)
LEAH
(overhears this from another table, her eyes open to the size of a fifty cent piece. She gasps)
Oh my!
HENRY
(confused says)
What I thought you said you didn’t want them? (looking at the fries)
LEAH
(doesn’t say anything for nearly a min, staring off into space and says a quite a bit louder this time)
Oh my!
(Henry and Samson look at each other for the first time in eternity, both of the teenagers look worried, Samson a bit more than Henry. Then Leah and Samson look at each other with understanding eyes)
SAMSON
(Looks back at Johnny, distracted but recovering somewhere in the middle)
Oh well, that’s exactly what the coach tries to teach us, remember
SAMSON, JOHNNY
(they simultaneously recite their coaches words perfectly in mocking voices)
“Don’t guess your opponent be your opponent.”
HENRY
(looking confused)
Oh my what?
LEAH
(leaning in closer to Henry)
Remember how I was trying to tell you that he was different?
HENRY
(Suddenly paying attention, leans in as well)
Yeah and….
LEAH
I know what it is now. You would never believe me though.
HENRY
Oh sure I will
LEAH
Oh come on, you never do, you didn’t believe that I ate tacos last night earlier.
HENRY
K fine I promise that I will believe you this time.
LEAH
Ok well, he can do the Edward thing
HENRY
Are you talking about that stupid little girl movie, Twilight?
LEAH
It’s not just a movie it’s a book to, and it’s really good for that matter.
HENRY
So he’s a vampire then? Should we be scared?
LEAH
no, no, no, that Is not where I was going with that, (even more quiet than before, almost inaudible she says) he can read people’s minds.
HENRY
That’s ridiculous.

LEAH
No really I know it sounds absurd but really. If you would have listened earlier I would have told you about the conversation we had the other day.
HENRY
You’re talking to jocks now!
LEAH
Like I was saying, he isn’t normal. We met in class, and we studied together. But we weren’t just doing homework, we got to know each other. He seemed to understand me. He answered questions that I only thought but didn’t ask. He looked at me like-like he knows WHO I am. I started to figure out that he wasn’t quite normal. (slowly she says) he agreed. I started prying and he said that he was “gifted” but wouldn’t tell me how.
HENRY
So now you’re just gonna assume he has super powers?
LEAH
No, I didn’t assume, Johnny was just over there in wonderment of Samson’s unnatural ability of knowing what’s going to happen in football he said, “It’s as if you can read minds”
(now Henry looks stunned, Leah and Samson look at each other once again)
SAMSON
(Walks over to Henry and Leah’s table, as if a big weight was lifted off of him asks Leah)
So Leah, what you doin tonight?