Never StoppingInspired on "The Arrival" by AeternusVotumOn aching sore legs she walked, her entire body wracked in pain, until, at long last, she stumbled over the hill, and saw her destination in the distance, saw the flags and banners waving in the brisk air at the base of the mountains, saw her damnation resting before her.For weeks, Shaali had been running. Her blue hair--a typical trait of her elfin people--had been dirtied by mud storms and cyclones in the desert. Her body was sore down to her brittle bones. Traditionally, the elfin folk weren't used to being pushed to their physical limits. They were the type of people who tended to stay to th
Losing my Head for the SummerI am wildflower,a flame azalea drawingits roots up from the asphalt -an ox-eyed daisy,ox-blood and whirling,hair like the tops of cogon grasscaught in a westward wind.My head will come back to mein September,chased by the tornadoes from across the Plains;it will catch me up in timefor hurricane seasonwhen I will don my hat again to keep my head from spinningand to ward off further freckling.
Summer BloomAn iris smiles.Her lovely purple face glows--a face of beauty.
The Campfire Stories - ProloguePrologue~The Universe is a complicated place, filled with countless abnormalities that no one can be prepared for. To live one's life trying to avoid death is pure folly, because in the end they never live. Life is about companionship, experiences both good and bad, and the continuation of generations. Across this great planet there are many wondrous sights to behold both simple and grand. On the Urevagen Peninsula, there is a convergence of many species that have populated the world. You see, the Peninsula wasn't always a peninsula; it was an island. I lived upon it for many years, until it formed with the mainland, providing entr
ObliviousInspired on "Of Dreams and Nightmares" by Taiyo85Water flooded the girl's nostrils as she was plunged into the lake. Tight fingers pressed around her vocal cords, silencing her screams. She couldn't draw breath, the dead air stuck inside of her lungs rotting within, stagnant, burning.The water made it impossible for her to see. The sunlight above was refracted and reflected by the lake's oily skin. The thick grains of filth caressed her corneas. No matter how much she blinked, how much she tried to look away, there was grime at every angle.She tried to remember how she found herself in this situation, in this hell. She had, as she
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