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Poem / Poetry

January 26, 2021

Reads: 33

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Self explanatory - written on the event of a young family friend choosing to take her life. Read More

Tags: despair, suicide, sorrow, tragedy

It is not the changes that occur in our lives that make us who we are, but our response to these changes. Follow Mama, whose response to love, to life, to people cost her almost everything. Read More

Tags: life, despair, murder, people, suicide

This is a story about loss and life. George just turned 50 and doesn't know what to do with his life anymore. One day, he decides to return to the retirement home where his mom has been living for many years. He dreads going there, for his mom has absolutely… Read More

Tags: loss, death, life, despair, traum

Poem / Poetry

November 07, 2020

Tags: hope, despair, hurt

Genre: Acrostic Couplet spelling “Daily Revelations”. This piece is centralized around: depression, loneliness, hurt, and emotional demise. Read More

Tags: depression, despair, silence, isolation, indifference

Poem / Poetry

October 10, 2020

Reads: 133

Comments: 2

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: despair, anger, hate, poem-poetry

Poem / Poetry

September 05, 2020

Reads: 173

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Always there Read More

Tags: poetry, despair, ghost, poem, hunted

Tags: death, life, despair, dreams

Short Story / Flash Fiction

June 28, 2020

Reads: 296

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: despair, solution

I get it's sometimes hard. Remember that you are not alone. It might really feel like it, that no matter if you cry out your lungs, it won't get better. I haven't made it far enough to say that it will get better, but I'm hoping with you. ~No matter… Read More

Tags: despair, sad, stay-strong

Poem / Poetry

June 09, 2020

Reads: 114

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An Exorcism of sorts. For Kimbo Read More

Tags: depression, despair, angst, regret

Poem / Poetry

June 09, 2020

Reads: 85

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Telling your doctor you no longer want to live, and although he will may lose a few bucks, it is better that your personal misery and loneliness end. It makes sense really, and why should unhappy people endure their misery? It's too, too cruel. Read More

Tags: despair

A Dream.. no matter how much of it could be recovered, it will never be a reality. Read More

Tags: life, despair, loneliness, sadness, dream

A flash fiction short story about coal mining in Appalachia many years ago. Read More

Tags: despair, work, harsh, poor, coal

Featured Review by hullabaloo22

"This is so well written. You paint a very vivid picture with your descriptions." Read More

Tags: loss, despair, companionship, dying-hope

Short Story / Romance

May 01, 2020

Reads: 141

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A man standing in a dune pan, at the end of solo bike ride, watching a couple dancing in the surf of the ocean Read More

Tags: love, fiction, despair

Poem / Poetry

April 11, 2020

Musings when the time is low. Read More

Tags: despair, courage

Poem / Poetry

April 09, 2020

Reads: 117

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I had three different poems going and couldn't figure out why I was having such a hard time finishing them. Then it occurred to me that they all had the same theme. So I pasted them all into one page, made the styles match, and voila, one poem out of… Read More

Tags: death, despair, pandemic, cheer

Short Story / Flash Fiction

March 28, 2020

Reads: 218

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The All Star Story Writers House

Jack's life spirals out of control, is he a victim or a fool? Read More

Tags: despair, relationship, addiction, gambling, risk

Poem / Poetry

March 24, 2020

Reads: 164

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

One of the best ways to help someone in a deep addiction is to show them something better. Read More

Tags: hope, despair, addiction, alcohol, hopelessness

Short Story / Fantasy

February 21, 2020

Reads: 160

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Trapped in a four-walled hell, Frank, a fabricated version of yourself, is all that keeps you company. Stone walls surround you in all directions with no doors or windows in sight. Can you escape the prison or will you drive yourself mad as you rot within the walls? Read More

Tags: fantasy, despair, crazy, trapped, psyche

SUSPENSE, DESPAIR, HUMOR, LIFE-CHANGING, EMOTIONAL, TRIUMPH, UPLIFTING, LIFE-CHALLENGE A young, beautiful, and intelligent woman was born with a withered arm. Circumstances force her to make a choice: keep it or lose it. Read More

Tags: humor, despair, suspense, emotional, life-changing

Poem / Poetry

February 13, 2020

Reads: 198

Comments: 7

Shelves: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: depression, despair, sadness, masking-it

Tags: depression, despair, sorrow

Tags: depression, despair, sorrow

Essay / Editorial and Opinion

January 09, 2020

Reads: 307

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Is depression a way to happiness, to love, to salvation of anything? Sometimes, I got really baffled by the amount of depression going on in this site or in the world in general.... Read More

Tags: hope, joy, despair, tomorrow, sorrow

Poem / Non-Fiction

December 20, 2019

Reads: 235

Comments: 8

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: pixabay.com Read More

Tags: despair, heartbreak, missing, jessie-boo

Tags: despair, pain, time, worry, stress

Poem / Poetry

November 05, 2019

Reads: 222

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Absorb me Read More

Tags: poetry, despair, poem, hate, future

Poem / Non-Fiction

October 27, 2019

Reads: 182

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

On the eve of grandpas death. Read More

Tags: death, hope, life, despair

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