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Poem / Romance

August 03, 2018

Reads: 0

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What will it take for you to finally notice me? To finally understand what I've done for you?? Read More

Tags: love, desperation, failure, trying

Short Story / Other

August 03, 2018

Reads: 40

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

Alan and Lizzie celebrate the birth of their first, and longed for, child, but Lizzie finds motherhood unexpectedly challenging. While the characters are fictional, the story is based on a real life situation. Read More

Tags: birth, relationships, desperation, mental-illness

Poem / True Confessions

July 06, 2018

Reads: 63

Comments: 18

Shelves: 3

The Vintage Publishing House

I do my best not go through with this... Read More

Tags: depression, sadness, suicide, desperation

Inspired by one of my favorite subjects: Prosopagnosia. Read More

Tags: depression, paranoia, anxiety, desperation, faceless

Poem / Poetry

January 28, 2018

Reads: 38

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about isolation, a feeling of loneliness. A prisoner of his own mind. Read More

Tags: depression, darkness, desperation, anguish

This one here is about literally feeling like sh*t, impotent and useless around everyone. So yeah. Pretty harsh Read More

Tags: anxiety, desperation, negation

Poem / Horror

January 16, 2018

Reads: 38

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

The Poetry House

TRIGGER WARNING - Dark poem about suicide and selfharm. Read More

Tags: depression, sadness, suicide, desperation, mentalhealth

Book / Mystery and Crime

October 04, 2017

Reads: 134

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The story of a man named Whyatt is told through various POVs, most of which is told non-linearly and in reverse. Whyatt is a man who will do anything to survive, even lie. Read More

Tags: love, money, paranoia, desperation, reverse

Poem / Romance

September 24, 2017

Reads: 82

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A human reflects upon the life aboard a ship, forever floating through space Read More

Tags: loneliness, desperation

A man's desperation to meet his love, his disbelief towards love are no more existent; his love towards her is not only magical but also responsible. Another man's gut to correct his sin and reunite his love to the person whom she loved and a girl who changed herself so… Read More

Tags: love, romance, pain, story, desperation

Poem / Poetry

July 21, 2017

Reads: 94

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Desperation Read More

Tags: desperation

Short Story / Flash Fiction

February 09, 2017

Reads: 157

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A short story written for the Booksie Flash Fiction competition. Read More

Tags: sea, desperation, distance, call-for-help

Poem / Romance

September 05, 2016

Reads: 221

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: desperation, collapse

Poem / Poetry

August 23, 2016

Reads: 180

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: life, pain, destiny, fate, desperation

A short story of drugs, desperation, cops, and users. Read More

Tags: drugs, desperation, cops, flies

Poem / Poetry

January 08, 2016

Reads: 165

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes, it's the only haven I've got. Read More

Tags: drugs, desperation, junkie

Short Story / Fantasy

October 17, 2015

Reads: 218

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a small part of a lager story that I am writing, I'm just curious what people think of it Read More

Tags: love, fiction, emotional, desperation, medieval

Poem / Romance

August 23, 2015

Reads: 194

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

a short poem on love, as indefinable as it may be Read More

Tags: love, romance, feelings, poetry, hope, wonder, sand, ocean, desperation, devastation, thousands, small_things

Poem / Poetry

July 27, 2015

Reads: 164

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Being chased, and you cannot escape. Beaten with blame and they cannot forgive. Read More

Tags: freedom, frustration, prison, sin, forgiveness, wanted, escape, shame, justice, desperation, mistake, accused, jail

Poem / Song Lyrics

July 24, 2015

Reads: 258

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Love is a beautiful and dangerous emotion - it can lift us with hope or drown us with despair, fill us with happiness or sadness or anger. It can be a friend or a foe. (This is a type of sequel to my previous poem, The Moments) Read More

Tags: love, loss, confusion, hope, despair, devotion, redemption, struggle, comfort, panic, submission, desperation, companion, turmoil

Poem / Poetry

July 15, 2015

Reads: 128

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Please, sweetie just give me what I need! Read More

Tags: death, drugs, life, addiction, desperation, addict

Poem / Horror

July 06, 2015

Reads: 227

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Be gentle. Read More

Tags: shame, desperation, guilt, suffer, blame, thrilled

Short Story / Literary Fiction

July 05, 2015

Reads: 392

Comments: 4

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Three honorable men in three desperate situations are offered a way out. But at what price? Read More

Tags: poverty, desperation, risk

This is an autobiographical story about the time I spent in a children's mental hospital in Western Europe when I was 13. It's the first 'real' story I've ever written, so I'd love some pointers. Read More

Tags: depression, children, anger, rebel, child, hospital, mental, issues, desperation, psych, smoking, rebellious, meds

Just something that I had to write as I could not sleep, and well it's been a while since I tried writing to help sort out my thoughts. I also hope this is insightful and inspiring to my brothers and sisters that I'll later send this too.love you guys Read More

Tags: love, teen, god, poetry, adult, hope, life, pain, beauty, youth, darkness, hurt, sadness, betrayal, future

Short Story / Romance

March 31, 2015

Reads: 279

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

“This story was actually a story I wrote to get rid of a bit of depression I was feeling. My stories provide me with a world where I can be anything. I can become whatever I want, whoever I want and from that place I write emotions. To be honest… Read More

Tags: love, depression, emotions, happy, sad, love_story, blue, desperation, i_love_you

Bloody drool lands on dry gravel so close to my face. My crackled voice mutters for mercy. Read More

Tags: god, pain, lost, solitude, suicide, help, sin, blood, sand, desert, desperation, sins, mercy, dry, cross

Would you quit your intended wedding to save a life? Read More

Tags: love, fiction, romance, desperation

Short Story / Memoir

March 15, 2015

Reads: 168

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a short story about certain aspects and situations of my life personally. Read More

Tags: depression, hope, life, faith, strength, sick, living, anxious, questions, inferior, desperation, questioning, looking_back, how_do_i_coexist, feeling_worthless

Would you quit your intended wedding to save a life? Read More

Tags: love, fiction, romance, desperation

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