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Ileah wrote about the word bones 2 years ago
The bones of some animal were tied together in a sort of net around me, forming to my body, as though my captors had tied the net around me while I was sleeping. I wasn’t sure why I was there, but I knew for sure that the bones looked to be human.
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Ileah wrote about the word crew 2 years ago
The crew cuts on the boys seemed unnecessary, for you could recognize what they were by just their stature: the way they stood tall and looked straight ahead, or made eye contact as though they were looking through you. It was a soulless sort of attitude that could only be portrayed by a person who [...]
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Ileah wrote about the word birth 2 years ago
The birth of a nation happens every day. A nation is not a collection of states. A nation does not have a geographic boundary or a representative authority. A nation is simply a group of similar people. As people begin to accept, nations will be born and lost. The best we can possibly hope for [...]
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Ileah wrote about the word waver 2 years ago
My hands hardly wavers as I pulled the gun at my waistband and pointed it at what I knew, even then, would be my first ever kill. Hardly. He stared as I moved the gun, making no move to stop me. I wasn’t sure if he was too afraid to move or if he really [...]