: About Me

I am greyeyesgabriel, you may have seen me around the web or heard about me from someone you know. I am on many of the social networks, you may have even heard of some of them. I am a webmaster/web designer/web publisher, but my real passion is writing. I have some of my poetry published on the webook website as well as poetry.com, and have been published in several poetry anthologies in the US and the UK. I hope you enjoy my writing and even if you don't; I would appreciate any feedback that you could offer. Thank you for your interest in the greyeyesgabriel brand.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

pain

My parents always told me ...

that I lack the discipline to be a writer.

My childhood ambition ...

was to survive.

My favorite memory ...

Vonda

Why I write ...

The written word is eternal where the spoken word is quickly forgotten...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I multitask; there isn't enough room and it would change constantly...

My first job ...

Bus Person @ Red Acker's Mr. Catfish

My inspiration ...

God

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Fables

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The Butterfly and the Scorpion There was once a butterfly that was the most beautiful butterfly in all of the forest. Every creature in the forest marveled at her beauty. But, the butterfly's mind had been twisted by her miserable life. She felt it had been so cruel a life that she would no longer drink from the sweet flowers in the forest. she believed that she did not deserve the sweet flowers; anymore. One day the butterfly was sitting alone in a dark part of the forest, when she was approached by a scorpion. The scorpion was surprised to see the beautiful butterfly so depressed. So the...

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