Jane’s Addiction

She bowed her head in silent shame; overcome by guilt. You’d think that ought to be enough for her to stop, but day after day there she was in the same place; like a fiend waiting for her next fix. Her body bears the scars. For as long as she could remember Jane found...

In Security

The clock struck midnight and I heard the familiar sounds coming from the apartment below. The menacing roar of a chainsaw and the clanging of metal filled the silence. As always, I ventured out into the living room with my cell phone and my heavy duty flashlight to...

Devine Intervention

I was driving down I-75 singing along with my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd tune. The snow was gently falling and the roads were starting to ice over. The cars were bumper to bumper for miles. I looked in my rearview mirror and noticed an eighteen wheeler behind me so close...

Inside

Deep inside every woman’s soul is a little girl. Christiana was no exception. Once she had hopes and dreams… She used to sit and think about a time when she would marry and have children, like most girls do.  One day she would marry the perfect man with the...

Tired

Tired of feeling like a burdenSick of feeling like no one caresMy heart just can’t take much moreWhy am I still here when the pain glares? Maybe I’m just a bad person; not worthyPerhaps, I am incapable of human emotionBut then why do I lie here shedding tearsWondering...