Gail Says ....

As she walks down the hallway 
shutting each door she passes

Because it's time

Time to lock away the past.
Walk away from the bad memories,
step into the future

Face it unbowed, unflinching,
prepared to fight
for the right to smile
every day.

A bunch of keys
tossed into the surf
losing the past forever.
Each footprint erased 
by the tide,
inviting a journey 
into the uncharted.


thanks to @sonnybees for the inspiration

Dreams

Simple task ...  

Took 3hrs ...  

Totally exhausted ...  

So much pain ...  

Not worth it ....  

Will try to sleep ...  

Wait for the dreams again .. 

The dream continues ..  

Yellow T Shirt dress ..  

Grubby ...  

2 small blood splashes ..  

Logo scrubbed out with marker pen ..  

Dirty chestnut hair 

Red trainers ...  

Skinny and scared ...  

Sobbing ...  

Shaking ...  

Glued to the spot ..  

Hold her gently ..  

Treat her like glass ..  

Fragile. 

Who was the blonde?..  

Bobbed hair ...  

Designer pink dress ..  

Russian ? ..  

Eastern European? ..  

Sits on a desk ..  

Smokes ...  

Smiles .. 

The girl in the yellow dress returns ...  

Who is she?..  

What does she want? ...  

What does she mean? ...  

Dirty, sobbing, scared ...  

Why? ... 

The black marker scribble ..  

Bullet burn ..  

Blood splash from the wound ..  

Sliced neck ..  

Red trainers I bought her? ..  

Memory .. 

The yellow dress ..  

Haunts me ..  

A child ..  

A future never realised ..  

Conceived but not born ..  

Died in her mother's womb ..  

A daughter .. 

Age does not kill you ..  

Nor disease ..  

Memories have that honour ..  

Seeping through you ..  

A toxic virus ..  

A gateway to hell .. 

Beauty's End

Something is chewing at my feet ..

Blood soaks the rug as it takes nourishment.

My life will be just a stain.

A stain in the shape of a fallen man,

a starfish, a galaxy...

We all fall to the stars, heroes in our own worlds,

and hear the songs the quasars sing....

While our mortal remains

Lay like fallen, bloody Tree Stars,

Rotting back to earth

This is a collaborative piece inspired by @ChicagoLiterati asking "Tweet us your spookiest #sixwordhorrorstory"

The words are by @Wolfpaw36  & @voimaoy

Illustration courtesy of gail_mi

Sorrow

Have you seen the mourning Light,

When moon shadows fall around?

Light will sit, rocking, weeping

For another day is lost.

Long suffering

Bearing despair,

Each night,

Every night

For evermore.

For a friend