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Last poem of my series of three. Not the happiest topic but hey I had to work with it. Read More

Tags: love, poetry, grief, mourn

Tags: grief, memory, dream, sleep, alcoholism

I recently started working on a new project about a road trip across America. I've had that idea in my head for quite some time now. The title is still not set. A young man who's getting ready for college spends one last summer with his friends. On one of… Read More

Tags: love, friendship, grief, road-trip

Tags: love, observation, hope, grief, past

Book / Romance

March 31, 2021

Reads: 3839

Comments: 3

Shelves: 5

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It is a destiny to meet and fall in love. How can I resist? Read More

Tags: friendship, school, grief, reunited, love-story

Sometimes solace can be found nowhere but in nature. Read More

Tags: loss, nature, night, grief, tanka

full disclaimer: this piece is dark. Read More

Tags: grief

Short Story / Horror

February 10, 2021

Reads: 99

Comments: 1

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Aurel felt a lump begin to form in her throat— a telltale sign that she would start to cry soon, whether it be out of sadness or guilt or just pure frustration out of the absurdity of her situation. She felt hopeless. She felt frightened. She felt dead. Read More

Tags: death, pain, grief, sadness, blood

Poem / Non-Fiction

February 08, 2021

Reads: 44

Comments: 2

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My words fall short, or so it seems sometimes Read More

Tags: grief, failing

Tags: love, loss, relationships, grief

Poem / Poetry

January 19, 2021

Tags: poetry, grief, sadness, cancer, personal-work

Tags: poetry, grief, sadness, cancer, personal-work

Short Story / Horror

January 16, 2021

Reads: 111

Comments: 3

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Grief can manifest itself in many different ways. Cover image: Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: family, grief, uncle, nephew

After the passing of his girlfriend, a man returns to her hometown to lay her to rest, and meets her family for the first time. He must come to grips with losing her as well as the alienation he feels at a time when he needs to grieve with those… Read More

Tags: fiction, grief, remorse, alexander-byrne, traveling-light

Tags: pain, grief, resilience

A moment of grief and hope documented on August 31, 2020. I love you Barbara. Read More

Tags: loss, grief, friend, letter, loved-one

Poem / Poetry

November 01, 2020

Reads: 92

Comments: 5

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Just thinking about a friend in a coma, his wife, and the world outside. Read More

Tags: death, life, grief, living, balance

Tags: loss, family, sad, grief

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: grief, game, integrity, lurker

This short story is one about a strange neighbour that is prejudiced even though people don't know what he's been through in his life Read More

Tags: death, war, grief

This article shares insight into the relationship between headstones and humans by following a woman’s journey as she struggles with the task of providing a headstone for her mother's grave. She is quite literally finding herself between a rock and hard place deciding she will pre-plan her own headstone to… Read More

Tags: grief, funeral, headstone

I wrote this poem after my Mom passed away. I can still feel her hand in mine if I close my eyes and let myself drift to that place. Read More

Tags: love, loss, grief

Poem / Poetry

October 08, 2020

Reads: 61

Comments: 1

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This is a poem I wrote expressing feelings on my son's death and missing him. Read More

Tags: love, loss, grief

Poem / Poetry

September 25, 2020

Reads: 135

Comments: 2

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Tags: father, grief, alcoholism, dad

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"Oh this was so emotive and harrowingly moving that it must come from real life I'm sure but I hope not.... You do pain and heart ache so well..." Read More

This poem is dedicated to my aunt Kathleen. She passed earlier this year, far too soon, and today would have been her birthday. Read More

Tags: loss, fall, grief, summer

Poem / Non-Fiction

September 04, 2020

Reads: 124

Comments: 3

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Art by: Fatima Dia. She is a Lebanese artist and is auctioning her painting to donate the profits to victims of the explosion. Read More

Tags: death, grief, aftermath, explosion, beirut

These are lyrics to my original song, entitled 'Whipping Boy'. Read More

Tags: love, loss, grief, blame

Will loses his father. Read More

Tags: death, dying, grief, short-story

Tags: loss, spirituality, grief

Poem / Poetry

August 14, 2020

Reads: 115

Comments: 1

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I wrote this a few years ago after my grandmother passed. Read More

Tags: loss, poetry, grief, sorrow, mourning

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