It waits inside your chest humming with electricity at all hours, and like the sizzling of a live wire it threatens to spark, and burn. When it ignites, your nerves go haywire they force your muscles to contract and flop about twitching like frogs in a bubbling pot. Your insides…

Every waking moment, it haunts my anxious mind. It stalks me like a wolf in the shadows, its friends eagerly snapping their jaws, waiting for a chance to tear me apart. I try to walk with purpose; back straight, head tall, eyes trained on the path ahead. I try my…

She takes me back home to a blue sky with a little red fire in her eye Her hands eagerly tug my own, no hesitation left to be alone So we lay down our shouldered burdens, not too worried about what lies beyond the curtains We smile quietly at the…

Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” — Edgar Allan Poe Who is it that skitters beside me in the dark? Are you a friend, a foe, or just…

It was a strange night Knowing you laid so perfectly still Within reach of my trembling hands Producing wavering breath That echoed off of the walls And rustled the cool sheets I remembered turning over Watching you with curiosity Completely perplexed By the enigma that lay beside me Why did…

A Poem Inspired by Robert Penn Warren’s “Mortal Limit” How far and how vast is the sky that stretches overhead like blown glass that shimmers with shadows and shapes like the ripples in an indefinite ocean How deep and how perilous is the mountain root which pierces through the earth…

It’s rare that I come across a book that, after finishing, makes me want to shove it in people’s faces and demand they read it. ( Maybe not that violently, but you get the point. …

A Personal Review on the Surprise Breakout Anime Show of the Year I’m usually the last to admit that I’m picky when it comes to anime, but here I am, ready to confess my anime sins. Compared to where the industry was some ten years ago, Japanese animation has become…

The Fantasy Queen of Norway Crafts a Fun and Compelling Debut Entry into an Epic YA Fantasy Trilogy Strolling into Barnes & Noble one weekend just to ‘look’ around turned into a book shopping spree that left me $80 poorer than when I had walked in. …