So this is why I write. These past few days, I have struggled with this desire to give you my heart. I do not even know where you are. All I have is your e-mail-as though this abstract link can bind us. After all these yea...read more
"You look so lost," a voice from the past whispers in your ear as you disdainfully stare at the mirage of a person in the mirror before you. A single vision of yourself insults every remnant of your pride. Is this what it ...read more
Love is a beautiful and wonderful thing. But what happens when that love betrays you? Sometimes the pain hurts so much it becomes overwhelming, making it hard to breathe,eat or sleep. I have loved the same man for almost...read more
by water bearer
There is no way I can forget her She will always be in my heart What a beautiful heart she has. She's been there for me in my darkest time. With her tears with her loving hugs, she leads the way And carry me back to...read more
"The Ache" "Oh God, Oh God, O God, Oh God." There is nothing else to say. My face is hot under the large pillow - I named it Snuffy four years earlier because it was so big and cushy. But today, Snuffy only buries my g...read more
by groundhog91
These memories, I dare not keep, they're just luxuries, I'll fall back for sure You're in yours, all insured, yeah and you talk so sure, anything can be endured Still I'm all alone oh every night, hearing these footstep...read more
by Jarcie
A year ago, spending Saturday nights at my computer didn't make me feel like such a loser. Now if I get in before two AM, the night was a waste. But you made it acceptable to stay in at 12 AM in the pitch black, the onl...read more
by Jaye Pette
Love and Pain, my two favorite words lately. I could share with you such exquisite stories of pain and love that you would blush and turn away. Or maybe you would dismiss me, tell me I should see someone "professional."...read more
by JRR
It's kind of ironic how life goes. Two years ago, if someone had told me that I would meet a man I not only trusted but would love more than my own life, I would have laughed at them and told them they were crazy as hell. ...read more
by Toni Doswell
I've seen the shrinkage from the pain inflicted by love. Masqueraded in smiles, and hidden behind careful words. Nevertheless the pain goes on- on and on like a train Going down the railroad track to exactly nowher...read more
I am slowly dying more and more each day. I can't help this feeling and I hate it. Upon my daily contemplations it is of the norm, to envision a life where you and I grow old together. But as I snap back into reality I...read more
You are cordially invited to dinner at Milhalldown Plantation at 8:00 p.m." My first introduction to my future in-laws was this engraved invitation to a sit-down wedding rehearsal dinner given by my future in-laws for ...read more
Love - the first - and only time I've experienced it so far - made me want to dance and cry at the same time. I was terrified. How could I love him? He was the best guy friend I'd ever had... almost as close a friend as M...read more
This is the deepest pain we can possibly experience. So deep, in fact, it torments you with a full awareness of the depths of your potential for sheer physical agony that no words can be ascribed to, or created for. Strang...read more
I shall not forget you. For the past year and a half, it has been you alone who has heightened my existence. I even hated you, once. When I hated you I loved you, and while I loved you I hated you for it. For a shor...read more
by Diana Lynn
I have been blessed to have two great loves in my life but both ended badly. The first one was my son accused him of unspeakable wrongs and a letter from an ex friend arrived around the same time condemning this man for th...read more
by Joe LeFrog
muse? Once I was warned, never build your world around someone, because once they are gone that world will collapse. I stand here remembering a better day and time when every word was true and worth actually liste...read more
Featured Partner
Breakthrough India has partnered with Helium, giving you the chance to write for a cause. Browse Breakthrough's ...more