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Poem / Non-Fiction

February 20, 2018

Reads: 36

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: anger, sadness, helplessness

Poem / Poetry

January 20, 2018

Reads: 46

Comments: 6

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: helplessness, understanding, guilt

Tags: death, reality, non-fiction, helplessness, humorous

Short Story / Romance

September 05, 2016

Reads: 382

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When he stood still, breathless and silent, the whole world seemed to follow suit. He settled his restless bones onto the couch and thought of his beloved as he gradually sank into a deep sleep. Read More

Tags: despair, dreams, memory, helplessness, melancholy

Poem / Poetry

September 29, 2015

Reads: 93

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

In the land of fools, a stupidman is the king. And in the land of the wise, they never seems to have a king. Sometimes in life, everything seems like it in slowmotion. And sometimes it a windmill of events . Read More

Tags: sky, helplessness, gray, slowmotion

Short Story / Gay and Lesbian

July 03, 2014

Reads: 218

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

My personal struggles and feelings expressed from the causes of homophobia within my life. My personal experiences and disasters. Read More

Tags: love, depression, family, pain, loneliness, suicide, helplessness, desperation, homophobia

Poem / Poetry

April 22, 2014

Reads: 176

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The Dreamers Dream comes true but with all dreams comes a nightmare. A new Poem, a new style, enjoy. :) P.S Please leave your honest opinions if you do leave them, i prefer bitter truths then sweet lies as well as harsh, constructive, ect criticism helps me to learn and… Read More

Tags: love, death, story, sad, heart, nightmare, dreams, silent, blue, broken, help, sorrow, helplessness, dreamer

Poem / Poetry

December 27, 2013

Reads: 123

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes we feel as if people are ignoring us, we're not wanted. Sometimes we don't realize that we have only ourselves to blame when we're in a quarantine Read More

Tags: ignorance, helplessness, disregard

Short Story / Flash Fiction

December 22, 2013

Reads: 204

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The unwanted change of a vampire... Read More

Tags: love, vampire, death, rape, pain, heart, fear, lust, soul, useless, help, scared, blood, helplessness, macabre

Cass returns home to her village after escaping the clutches of a powerful man within a village that lies just beyond the mountain side. Read More

Tags: love, family, joy, pain, heartache, heartbreak, night, cold, sadness, power, helplessness, escape, bondage, adam, mist

Book / Fantasy

September 30, 2013

Reads: 91

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

So...I hope you'll like it. Going to update the rest soon so it'll make sense. :) Read More

Tags: fantasy, death, thoughts, cold, helplessness, silence, deathwish, thoughts_death, am_i_dead

Poem / Poetry

July 12, 2013

Reads: 75

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Life under the thumb of a human monster. See 20 Years in Hell, Witchery, & The Story of Hell House. Read More

Tags: abuse, helplessness, hopelessness, witchery, years_in_hell, story_of_hell_house, human_monster

Poem / Poetry

April 18, 2013

Reads: 316

Comments: 17

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A facade we often hide behind. Read More

Tags: happiness, helplessness, imagination, hopelessness, facade, suppression

This is a poem about my anger, pain, and helplessness from the breaking of a friendship. Read More

Tags: depression, anger, pain, helplessness

Poem / Poetry

February 06, 2013

Reads: 127

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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While the night can be beautiful, sometimes lonely nights can turn against us and turn us into sobbing messes. A.B. Read More

Tags: love, romance, anger, night, sadness, helplessness, fury

Poem / Memoir

December 05, 2012

Reads: 201

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Its a memory of the time usually I feel myself helpless but alive body. Read More

Tags: love, death, fall, romance, feelings, romantic, thoughts, feeling, autumn, winter, cold, snow, frustrated, nip, seasons

Poem / Poetry

November 29, 2012

Reads: 271

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Poem about a real incident where an elderly mother burnt herself & he retarded daughter to death for fear of daughter having to go into a home when she and her husband died! Read More

Tags: death, poetry, suicide, helplessness, euthanasia, hopelessness, loss_of_life, mainstream_poetry, tragic_poetry

My first attempt to write a multi-verse diamante: about the horrors of modern living for the poor. Read More

Tags: poetry, despair, poverty, helplessness, hopelessness, diamente_verse, diamante_set, hurtfulness

When a chance comes across our path, in any of its forms and we abuse it... Read More

Tags: abuse, confusion, pain, murder, darkness, pride, sorrow, tear, helplessness, chance, arrogance, silence, regret, ruthlessness, reast

Short Story / Fantasy

May 13, 2012

Reads: 174

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A six day wait. Read More

Tags: helplessness, whisky, sleeplessness, audio-version

Poem / Poetry

September 27, 2011

Reads: 124

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Take a trip into the abused mind through a poet's eye. "Helplessness" is an original poem dealing with child abuse. Read More

Tags: child_abuse, pain, darkness, hurt, emotion, helplessness

Short Story / Non-Fiction

July 15, 2011

Reads: 154

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A story of despair and helplessness Read More

Tags: hope, despair, sympathy, helplessness

Poem / Poetry

June 29, 2011

Reads: 153

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Any thoughts? Any emotions? Read More

Tags: death, dying, loneliness, helplessness, crying, carnivals, knives

A Shakespearean Sonnet about life Read More

Tags: life, creature, ride, helplessness, water, sonnet, falling, shakespearean, enjoy, slide

Poem / Thrillers

June 09, 2011

Reads: 256

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This a waking nightmare if any of this happens to you...... Read More

Tags: horror, murder, helplessness, action

Another poem (or more like a series of random poem fragments) I wrote out while thinking about the girl I like and daydreaming about a few other things ;). Nah, I kid, but I did write this in a rather hazy state. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy and I'd… Read More

Tags: love, dark, poetry, joy, tears, passion, poem, poet, heartache, rain, sad, party, heart, smile, calm

Poem / Poetry

April 26, 2011

Reads: 281

Comments: 8

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Poem on personal fears regarding the natural tragedies and the violent society we're facing nowadays. Read More

Tags: inaction, fear, helplessness, panic, inertia

A diamante-style poem about the horrors of modern-day unemployment. Read More

Tags: despair, poverty, helplessness, failing, desperation, beaten, pleading, hopelessness, downtrodden, begging, unemployment, the_forgotten, belittled, degraded

A diamante about the gloominess about heartless, soulless Melbourne. Read More

Tags: misery, despair, australia, poverty, helplessness, suffering, desperation, homelessness, hopelessness, melbourne, footscray, maribyrnong

A diamante about the gloominess about heartless, soulless Melbourne. Read More

Tags: misery, despair, australia, poverty, helplessness, suffering, desperation, homelessness, hopelessness, melbourne, footscray, maribyrnong

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