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Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Elderly care: Why you should keep your parents out of nursing homes: 2 of 17

I am a great grandmother, a grandmother, a mother, a sister, a daughter, an aunt, and a friend. How is it that I am here in this god forsaken home strapped down like a lunatic? I forgot my car keys a few times, and I had a few car wrecks. One of which broke my hip. Because of this I have been seen fit to no longer live on my...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Addicted to karaoke: 10 of 56

Hello. I am a former karaoke addict. How did I kick the habit? Well, you never really kick the habit, if I had the time or money I'd still be going to every hole in the wall to sing Reba. That's my thing, I sing. I do any sort of contest, from karaoke to talent. I sing, and karaoke gives you the thrill of being on stage for ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Unusual encounters: 41 of 207

The sunlight cascades in through the open window, air fresh with hints of daisy and cut grass wafts into the room. A smile creeps its way onto my lips, although I do not want it there. I want to be sad, depressed, and lonely until the end of time. I feel my heart beating yet it feels ripped away and thrown carelessly on the ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death: 157 of 633

I saw him crying in the corner He never knew I saw touched his shoulder But for not He could not feel my palm I saw her tears glisten against the light inside the chapel I called to her, "Mother!" But she could not hear my voice My father, oh so strong, sat weeping at the casket his stoic stance broken into a fragment of wha...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Alone: 66 of 264

a crowd of people a sea of absent-mindedness confusing twists and turns family friends a minute detail swimming inside infinity unable to touch to feel to breathe the air around me I fall into the depths a billion people deep I cry I scream I plead no one hears no one cares no one loves me
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 343 of 1148

The razor blade Light glints off the blade calling me to take it into my hands touch it own it m a s t e r i t use it I resist. but only for a moment I can taste the bite of the blade digging into my skin marking it's path in warm blood spilling up from the surface I revel in the feelings the pain the euphoria the amazement ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pain: 106 of 348

Creak, pop, snap. With each step I hear a symphony of sounds I never knew that growing old would be this way that a twisted ankle in my youth would lead to such immense turmoil at 65. That broken arm from carefree tree climbing days aches constantly spring and fall- with their stormy weather hurt the most. Tylenol, advil, as...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Despair: 80 of 241

i used to hide myself in words wrapped in a cocoon of pain a blanket of insecurity and none was the wiser. I'd slide into the depths of the pool of despair the ink dripping from my fingertips like blood from an enemy fought against but never won. I would ache and cry out in my room, alone- away from the world in my very own ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Heartbreak: 113 of 331

excised through a gaping hole in the center of my chest carved out with a rusty scalpel heart still beating slowly stopping breath abating to a standstill an elephant squashes my insides out the pain explodes into being I can't breathe without you I can't breathe I can't be. Time ticks by the clock slowly goes the tock break...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love does not die: 120 of 298

The soul set free, the mind at rest the body sleeps, the heart depressed but love does not die The moment sings, The breath it stills The life extinguished, It knows no ills but love does not die The angels weep, The tears rain down The loved ones wear a somber frown Rememberance seeps into all things But love does not die H...