Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Poets.
Expectant
I remember the first year we tried. It was daunting but we were untouchable, outshining gold. Life was prime and existence was ripe with favor and chances. It's been 20 years since the first try. But our dream of you never died. Every corner we turned, everywhere we looked you belonged to someone else. We thought we'd had you two years before but you slipped away and failure mocked us again. On cue, a divine voice would assure us in the interim, "You will overcome. There will be a successful again."
By Pamela Benjamin8 years ago in Poets
Don't
I just stood there jaw dropped open staring into the darkness in utter disbelief as she stood there steady lying. Mocking me as a cold wind blows while flashes of light ignite in the night sky. She is always singing that same old song I thought to myself as she sat there strumming away. She don't think that I know she don't give a fuck about me. I can tell that because of the way she won't look into my eyes anymore. There's just something that makes me uneasy about the things she says because if you will lie about the stupid shit that really doesn't matter, what won't you lie about? I sit here with her, but she doesn't even really notice me. Outside I hear a storm moving in. It circles around over the mountains before it begins to shower everything that is not sheltered from it. The sky weeps as I struggle to stay awake. How much more of this will I take before I break? You just lay there lying. No shame at all on your face. And I wonder.
By john noakes8 years ago in Poets
