: About Me

My passion is ...

writing - novels, short stories, and occasionally poetry. I am also fascinated by psychology, and have a weakness for children.

Why I write ...

look to "my passion is". I don't know if I could stop writing if I tried. It's a huge part of my life, and my personal identity.

My first job ...

was at my public library. Go figure.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Secret love

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Shattered Glass My heart shattered into a thousand pieces of silver glass. I peered into each one, hoping to find a truth buried within, a reason for the crumbling walls inside of me, but all that the mirror-like shards reflected was you. Your eyes, your lips, that patient smile. I fell deeper into a nothingness composed of the dreams of your touch and felt every piece of me you brushed against burn like a bitter acid. I tried to escape but you held me tightly, keeping me close when all I wanted to do was to forget Your eyes, shining with a magnanimous light. When we're alone I can fall in...

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