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Of Bugs and Rugs

Of Bugs and Rugs

A Chapter by SScrubberhose


Forced to relax at home, No Name discovers the wonders of daytime television.
Spark

Spark

A Chapter by SScrubberhose


The closet door crashed open as the two mercenaries stumbled inside. Stoic pulled it shut, the two of them wasting no time as their lips crashed toget..
Lucky-Minded

Lucky-Minded

A Chapter by SScrubberhose


Doc ran away from his past all those years ago The past is finally starting to catch up
As Above, So Below

As Above, So Below

A Chapter by SScrubberhose


No Name's death crashes him back to where it all began To what he was really made for.
Broken Doll

Broken Doll

A Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell


Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
Julie Jo (A Requiem)

Julie Jo (A Requiem)

A Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell


People raised on love see things differently than those raised on survival. ~ Joy Marino
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by aculotta21


You were a weed that grew in my garden Your throws grew, climbing up slowly- Sharp enough, you penetrate my rose. You took away everything..
White painted walls

White painted walls

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


Between your white painted walls I stand in a corner and I look for the little cracks where there used to be something once we used to ..
We are the deer and we are the tiger

We are the deer and we are the tiger

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


It's primal. A deer, hunted by a tiger, notices the danger in time, runs away in time, saves himself; when he looks behind, he evaluates: ..
Everyone warns me about the fire

Everyone warns me about the fire

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


Everyone warns me about the fire; it'll burn me, it'll sting, it'll dance and lure me into forgiving but no one else has stayed to..
A lamb in a family of teeth

A lamb in a family of teeth

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


A lamb in a family of teeth will spin wool into claws. Running only leads the way into the black; domain of yellow eyes. The distance..
Even your gaze burns

Even your gaze burns

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


When eyes only mean to caress, but hands can't contain their strength, even your gaze burns. I can no longer return to before I was f..
An empty cage

An empty cage

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


I am outside the door, peering in but I don't knock; I don't want to wake the past. I am outside the door, but I'm not on the outside; I'm ..
I had no body

I had no body

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


I had no body; no shape described me. I was confined by loneliness, but I was free. Floating in the sky I could see a light; so bright but ..
In the rose garden, I planted our love

In the rose garden, I planted our love

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


In the rose garden I planted our love One by one it took over the roses asserting its dominance Little by little A sickness..
When The House Burns Down

When The House Burns Down

A Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell


Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where there's a wolf

Where there's a wolf

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


Where there's a lamb,the wolves are never far.I hide within a carcass full ofmeat, so the wolves don't knowthat it's me, as they begintheir feast.I we..
Home is where the blue lives

Home is where the blue lives

A Poem by the bitter taste of almos..


I can't go home.He says: "Why don't you justgo home for the day?" but home is wherethe blue lives.As blue does, as the ocean may:it suffocates.Though ..