OpenLit

    I rise before the sun, the shrill calls of manufactured birds and artificial serenity imposing their jarring reality onto my subconscious mind. A new day begins; a new year, a new lease on life, and it is mine. A kiss stirs my love, and we smile, savoring the precious moments spouses can share. Precious indeed, as, all too soon, our day must start; showers and shaves, breakfasts cooked, children woken. Packing our lunches, our homework, briefcases and purses, we gobble food as we go, our barbarism justified, our moral objections unheeded. Those objections bear a weight, and my soul carries the burden, even as I feign jolliness, ushering m

Love is what keeps me up at night Love is a reason for writers to write Love is something ill never lose Love, darling, is what i have for you.

The day was bright and clear with the sun shining overhead. It was a warm day but tempered into pleasant warmth with the clouds sailing lazily above. The wind helped with its gentle breeze cooling the air and making the leaves rustle like little flags from the trees. The leafy “flags” seemed to salute the rows of smooth, white stones that stood at full attention. Hesh looked at the sight and took a breath of contentment at the sight.                “Daddy, why are we here?”                Hesh looked down at his two sons who were looking at him with wondering eyes. Elias, his eldest at six, was looking up at him wi

touch of lacing, winding, tracing, finding new the new and old the ruined soon entombed in worry whirring, worldly wordings running thin. thunder grins and under these hands i sense slumber tense limbs and wonder. shins quake and thumbs pry and my god these engines make air dense with progress. since we have all this we're stuck falling princess, options and incense and loss make our monument cleansed and our opulent octaves audibly defensive. solve me, and call us to calmer than this.

Don't wanna wait till the morning. There was a shuddering gasp as the gates slowly groaned to a close behind the apprentice. The sound made his nerves stand on end, but he resisted the urge to panic as darkness enveloped him; taking his sight from him momentarily as blackness blinded him. He closed his eyes briefly, taking in an agonizingly slow breath as he considered everything that was happening to him in that instant. The yowls that echoed across the coliseum alerted him to the other feline he would be fighting on this day. He shook his head, breathing slowly and letting a calm atmosphere overtake his thoughts. He wished Corv and his fat