Amazon Rising: Nikki Dreams
Finding Her Way
A stream of blood trickles down her face. Unaware her bloodied finger smears the past across the keyboard A Pause A Flood of memories Nervous habits hard to overcome The long shadowy remnants of the past still digging new wounds Maybe not consciously But the fingers know...
Tears stream down an empty cheek No hand to raise and wipe away the pain The sounds of sadness fall upon no ear Reassured embrace a distant memory The still of the sheets cold and empty surround Light casts dark...
Contributed by guest author: Amber Love bursts forth from your heart: A dam break, overflowing, overwhelming, Quenching the thirst of parched hearts. And yet here I stand, Alone and silent In the desert three thousand miles away, Surrounded by cracked...
She opened the drawer to her nightstand, the pale brown bottle of sleeping pills sit harmlessly under the child-proof lid. The long dried tears and runs of makeup down her face are the only signs of life once lived.... as she lies down a long forgotten calm quiets her breath. She comforts herself in the warm down comforter. The sun is shining and the sky is filled with blue... everywhere blue. But the beauty is gone. She sees only darkness. Her soft long hair gently spreads out over the pillow. She has put on her favorite nightgown. It is antique white silk with delicate lace and trim. It is old and worn but it is her favorite. As she closes her eyes, she gently and briefly smiles.