She sliced the air with her fistsand told me she was drowning in sadness.I heard, but I didn’t listen.She sobbed, and I told hereverything would work outas… Read more “Depressed To Death”
Tag: mental health
Text Creek Love
My wrists jittered as my fingersdanced over keys on the board,composing a series of text messages,most of which will go without saying,saying a goddamn word; the words… Read more “Text Creek Love”
Sweeping Dreams
Sample: It was eight o’clock, and the dappled sun shone through the trees, creating mysterious shadows through the blinds. I was exhausted and curled with a fleece… Read more “Sweeping Dreams”
A Bible and Calendar Pages
I licked my finger, flipping through pages of a men’s magazine, tucked inside of a Bible, counting calendar pages, avoiding a body bag—at least for today. I… Read more “A Bible and Calendar Pages”
Love Lasts Forever
I fixed my thick, dark hair in place and turned Mary’s head as I crossed the ballroom. I didn’t have to wait to see her up close… Read more “Love Lasts Forever”
The Stalker
It was the winter of 1995, and Christmas was three weeks away. I was out with a couple of friends at Mojo’s sports bar. We’d meet up… Read more “The Stalker”
Who Killed Hannah?
I so have to figure out who killed, no, who murdered Hannah and why, Francis thought, staring eye-level into a half-empty wineglass as though it were her… Read more “Who Killed Hannah?”
America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump: Report
Source: UN report: America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump – CNN
Bystanders scream in horror as Florida cops brutalize black teens
Source: Bystanders scream in horror as Florida cops brutalize black teens