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Biggest regret of my life Read More

Tags: college, regret, desperation, snake

Book / Fantasy

April 18, 2023

Reads: 862

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Makayla Clark has always lived a normal life in the place of Aken's Town, or so she believed. Recently, her family moved to Dark Lake City where she meets a seemingly familiar man named Chase. She feels as though she knows him but can't seem to put her finger on… Read More

Tags: love, romance, magic, desperation, powers

Last play of a desperate man Read More

Tags: desperation, trump

I have seriously wondered if I've developed some sort of mental illness... or worse. Prison life can do that to you. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

Essay / Memoir

June 17, 2022

Reads: 176

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I almost pulled the plug on my typewriter forever... Read More

Tags: writing, desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, zap-tales

WEB OF PROSTITUTION- as the old saying, "It's old than the hills!" Read More

Tags: abortion, mafia, desperation, struggles, prositution

Short Story / Memoir

April 20, 2022

Reads: 218

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Epiphanies come in many forms. This one came in the form of a half-frozen Luna moth. Read More

Tags: death, desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, zap-tales

Tags: longing, sadness, desperation

After believing for so long that they couldn’t take my words, I tearfully realized… they can. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

An examination of life in prison and how what little hope there is lies in the failed attempts to escape the nightmare. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

Is anybody out there? Read More

Tags: love, care, desperation, need-help

In the land of lost hope Only the broken-hearted stay, Too beaten down by life To even try running away. Read More

Tags: despair, loneliness, hopeless, desperation

Article / Other

April 03, 2021

Reads: 383

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I should've told you Read More

Tags: love, cliche, desperation, sappy, unrequitedlove

the first chapter.. Read More

Tags: desperation

Tags: desire, lust, frustration, desperation

Short Story / Flash Fiction

December 30, 2020

Reads: 609

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image:pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: drunk, desperation, offer

Life is short but my story is long. I want to put myself out there to tell you anything is possible! Read More

Tags: abuse, fear, desperation, overcoming

Tags: fiction, money, tragedy, desperation, coronavirus

Poem / Poetry

June 04, 2020

Reads: 434

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

How it feels to live with chronic pain and illness, finding no help or relief from doctors Read More

Tags: pain, desperation, health, mental-health, chronic-illness

Short Story / Other

October 30, 2019

Reads: 556

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The workplace has become a no-holds-barred Colosseum devoid of compassion. Everybody wants to climb the career ladder. Tired of being a pen-pusher, we crave something to jar us from our fossilizing stasis - even though it might mean defenestrating our own human nature backwards through a window and watching the… Read More

Tags: loneliness, greed, desperation, selfishness

Poem / Non-Fiction

September 02, 2019

Reads: 541

Comments: 8

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: unsplash Read More

Tags: desperation, stress

Poem / Poetry

January 24, 2019

Reads: 606

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Short poem about being lost inside our own mind and feeling empty Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, dispair

Poem / Romance

January 23, 2019

Tags: love, fear, desperation, lonlyness

Poem / Poetry

January 20, 2019

Reads: 435

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a poem that I wrote to illustrate the complex yet irrational emotion that come after losing a loved one suddenly Read More

Tags: death, darkness, unknown, desperation, loss.-bereavement

The last part of "RFA?!", written from Black's perspective. Recommend to first read "Ready For Action?!" & "Ready For Action?!- Before the End" for full experience Read More

Tags: grief, red, black, diary, desperation

This was written 20+ years ago after leaving suddenly the abusive father of my children (towards me) - and the confusion of our 4 year old son and the longing for the love he held for his father. The Dailey questions and the saddness he expressed - I had to… Read More

Tags: innocence, desperation, heart-broke, childs-voice

Poem / Poetry

October 29, 2018

Reads: 545

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: depression, desperation, hopelessness

Poem / True Confessions

September 11, 2018

Reads: 628

Comments: 16

Shelves: 5

The Booksie Classic House

Welcome to my world... Read More

Tags: depression, sadness, suicide, hopeless, desperation

Poem / Romance

August 03, 2018

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: 969

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

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

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