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colourrxn wrote about the word calling 2 years, 8 months ago
the teacher was calling her name but in her ears the sound of a bell kept ringing and ringing. she couldn’t hear anything other than the dinging of the bell. she couldn’t hear the teacher calling.
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colourrxn wrote about the word mist 2 years, 9 months ago
the mist hung over the corn field early in the morning, barely letting through the dawn sky’s purple and pinks.
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colourrxn wrote about the word flashback 2 years, 9 months ago
I turned to my left and chased the shadows I saw but no matter how far I ran they never seemed to let up. If only in flashbacks I could change the past. If only.
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colourrxn wrote about the word whiskey 2 years, 9 months ago
Like caramel it sits at the bottom of the glass, poured straight from the whiskey bottle. And like caramel time slowly moves along the sides of the glass into my mouth. The taste is bittersweet.
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colourrxn wrote about the word escape 2 years, 9 months ago
he found an escape from the world up on the ledge by the cemetery near his house. sitting there let him feel a little bit of safety he hadn’t felt in months.
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colourrxn wrote about the word none 2 years, 9 months ago
Will you have one? No I will have none. None of it. Why? Won’t you just have one? No, none will do, thanks. Gosh, who knew you could be such a downer. No one, that’s who.
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colourrxn wrote about the word nun 2 years, 9 months ago
she was no nun, sitting in her black dress, wearing her black habit over her hair, a revolver strapped to the inside of her thigh.
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colourrxn wrote about the word miles 2 years, 9 months ago
the swimming red couch swam for miles and miles. it reached the english shore and did not cry a tear but instead clambered up and exclaimed “I will take a seat!” and sat while awaiting the tide to bring it back out.
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colourrxn wrote about the word strung 2 years, 9 months ago
the pendant hung at the end of the chain, strung between two pearls of white, alone and unchanging, like the flower it imitated but could not become.
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colourrxn wrote about the word half 2 years, 10 months ago
Add a pinch of salt, half a teaspoon of sugar, mix in some spices, whatever you please, and mix it all together then sprinkle on me!
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colourrxn wrote about the word lens 2 years, 10 months ago
the lens of my camera is dusty. when i look through it i see you but the view is blurry or maybe that’s just my eyes. your image grows fainter as my memory of you disappears and i do not know what is real anymore.
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colourrxn wrote about the word secure 2 years, 10 months ago
She secured the rope to her waist, pulling the cord for the fifth time. Hopefully all goes well, she thought. Then she lined her feet up with the edge, took a deep breath, and jumped.
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colourrxn wrote about the word scoop 2 years, 10 months ago
So here’s the scoop
we’re in it to win it but not to spin it
on it’s head just to play it real
get the news out so everyone knows.
Give the real scoop, go with the flow
this time it’s going to be a real show. -
colourrxn wrote about the word order 2 years, 10 months ago
we put order in our lives so we can fix the disorder that runs it.
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colourrxn wrote about the word myth 2 years, 10 months ago
he was a myth, a creature of legend, perched on the sill of my window gazing his cold and uninterested gaze at me. i inched closer and closer, and just as i reached out, close enough to feel his breath, his great wings opened and he flew out of grasp.
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colourrxn wrote about the word carve 2 years, 10 months ago
she carves the letters into her delicate skin, tracing the edges of the knife along the blood trail as it weeps out but there are no tears in her eyes warding off the pain echoed in her heart.
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colourrxn wrote about the word velvet 2 years, 10 months ago
velvet underwear. sounds strange but also strangely comforting and soft. i can almost feel the velvet. so soft and flexible.
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colourrxn wrote about the word beach 2 years, 11 months ago
this summer i wanted to go to the beach because that’s what you do in the summer but things had to be messed up in every way so will we ever go because i don’t know when i’ll have time or when you’ll be free but you say you’ll always be free for me.
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colourrxn wrote about the word waltz 2 years, 11 months ago
“the waltz is extremely important for a young lady to learn”
“but i don’t want to dance with him,” she pouted and pointed at her nemesis.
he looked just as disgruntled and looked away, refusing to meet her eyes. -
colourrxn wrote about the word leap 2 years, 11 months ago
we leap through time like gazelles in motion. we don’t stop and don’t pause to think. we just follow our natural instinct to run away from whatever is chasing us. those who can’t keep up are left behind.
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