Secrets
The Many Moods of a Moonchild
There is a certain amount of magic in letting yourself explore without agenda, write without agenda, love without agenda. However, if you're confused at the title, let me elucidate. I'm a cancer, and as watery and emotional as they come. At some point, someone coined 'moonchild' for us watery bitches. We love by the tide of the moon and her moods. There is an element of magic in that ability to flow ... it led me to owning my intuition, and the gifts living by that has led me to.
By Caitlin Nightingale4 years ago in Confessions
The Burden
I yearn for all this pain to go away. All I feel is exhaustion. A constant state of no longer wanting to be a part of this realm. I want to disappear. Avoid all the turmoil going on in my head. I want absolute silence. I wish I didn’t have to deal with the conflict of my emotions. I no longer find joy. I feel empty. Unable to communicate what really matters anymore. I just want an easy out. I can’t seem to grasp onto anything anymore. My mind and soul has become a void. I’m a black hole. Everything I touch turns to misery.
By Monica Carneiro4 years ago in Confessions
Mr Smith. Runner-Up in Ship of Dreams Challenge.
Author's note: this is a story of fiction based on what little is known about the last moments of Captain Edward Smith's time on the Titanic. I have read some of the theories of his proposed demise or his survival and have crafted this story around these. This is an imagining of a man who escaped. Whatever the truth, the death of Captain Smith has become the stuff of twentieth century myth.
By Rachel Deeming4 years ago in Confessions
The Cost of Freedom
Freedom comes in many different shapes and forms, either way, freedom is something we all want and thrive for. Some have freedom without even trying, freedom is just there. Then there are some that must fight for it and fight hard just to never get it. Men and women fight in wars for our country to have freedom for all of us. Parents fight for just an hour of freedom for themselves. Some of us fight for freedom in a different way, my fight for freedom is different than most but all too familiar to some.
By VANESSA MARTINEZ4 years ago in Confessions
Eight Things I Learned in 20 Year of My Life
I turned 20, and I have been going through a lot of changes in my life. This last revolution around the sun has felt like a long one. It may be the isolation of a pandemic or just a bad year for me, but I went through many personal changes in 2021.
By Abhishek Chandra 4 years ago in Confessions
The Bridgerton Series part 2
Okay let’s get into it. Spoilers!!! 4) When he was Wicked. I really liked Francesca and Michael. I really really liked them a lot. That whole sibling energy/ secret feelings there was interesting. And I felt so bad when Michael lost his brother who was the only person who ever cared for him and Francesca who had barely enjoyed her married life with her husband. It was truly heartbreaking. However, I got wary when they starting getting on with each other. Michael had been head over heels for Francesca ever since he saw her. Francesca on the other hand only saw Michael as her husband’s younger brother and also her own brother. Their banter reminded her of her relationship with the other Bridgerton siblings. Michael had managed to keep his feelings at bay for six years. Yep six years. Respect. But all that crumbled when they started sleeping together. Michael had always been feeling guilty for being in love with her brother’s sister. And the guilt increased even more when they slept together and all Michael could do was offer Francesca marriage in order to not ‘ruin her.’ Francesca however, handled her guilt differently. Instead of talking the situation out with Michael, or anyone else, or even thinking rationally about what had happened, she would try to push Michael away cause her guilt was eating her alive. Like I know she feels guilty for sleeping with her deceased husband’s brother but that didn’t mean that she had to throw Michael out like some ragdoll every time they had sex. She avoided the situation as much as she could and sometimes it would seem like she would blame Michael for what had happened between them although she vocally consented to Michael before. At first I was mad at Michael for kicking out Francesca near the ending, but I understood why he did that. He had been in love with a woman for so long and they had made a bunch of bad decisions and they only way to stop those decisions from happening was for them to split up. And I really understood that. I am happy that they got their happy ending but I hoped to see more of their relationship as couple ya know. But nevertheless, the ending was fine.
By Joonie N4 years ago in Confessions
Message to the Editor
Please accept my heartfelt greetings to anyone it may affect. I'm writing in response to the Pear Tree challenge because I don't think I'll be able to come up with a good tale about a pear tree. I don't seem to have the same amount of inspiration for this round as I had for the others. Even though I used a photo of a pear tree next to a tiny lake with two star-crossed lovers making beautiful love under the tree, it didn't seem to work for me; all I could come up with was the tired and expected romance scenario. I did able to create a piece of the narrative, which you can read below:
By Zeref4 years ago in Confessions
