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I never felt like I belonged to any specific group of people or in any specific place. This stems from my childhood and has carried over into my adulthood. I was always a loner, and I really longed to belong, even if I was the one who started the No Outsiders Club. I was ready to make the changes to my own life, yet before all the time, the many times, I had tried were for nothing. I knew that I could fit in, so I adjusted to the styles of clothing and did anything to find a way to be added. Still, this was never enough, and it made me more ...
To look in the mirror and not really know who you are or even have a small idea of who you wish to be. It can leave you guessing more each day as you seek out the truth, more so if you find out you are not your parents' child by birth. You are left wondering who you belong to, who your real parents might have been, and whether there are others who feel this same way you do, lost. You think about all the possibilities and probabilities, not sure how you want to be identified as or if you want to be a part of the present when you find out the ...
Two people out of several billion people in the whole present day. These two individuals' cross paths at certain locations on a certain day of the week, at a certain hour of the day and stop at the same spot, look up and their eyes meet for the first time. They stop what they were doing at that very moment, as their eyes meet, the gaze that they share is so wonderful and mesmerizing, it's as if time stands still for them and only them. These two souls of two almost identical individuals, are immediately drawn towards each other, as if the ha...
To find a way to forgive that which someone knowingly does to another is never easy to be forgiven. It can hurt more when one tries to forgive that it can open up old wounds that were long since healed long ago. The action that took place was one that was very hard to either find a way to be forgiven, much less ever forgotten. It was part of something that was stolen from the other person and it was also so painful, it was easier to try and forget. The abandonment and the struggle one felt, was in such a way that most would judge the person ...
The bus stops at the place to let you on. You enter the open doors and look for a seat to sit in for the trip home. Looking outside the window, you are drawn to a dark shadow, with its collar pulled up to hide its features and identity. You sense that you are being followed. You lower yourself deeper into the seat so that the person whom you think is following you is not aware of you on this bus. Too late, they saw you after you had first been seated, so they ran to catch the 39 bus, but were too late to catch this bus. You feel relieved, bu...
You wake up and look at the night stand, only to realize you have had another very bad night, much less getting any sleep. This has been ongoing since you were a young boy and it seems the matter has passed on into your adulthood. You feel angry at the very idea of how people would really feel if they found out you suffer from night terrors or worse, an inability to control your thoughts and your dreams. They would judge you and scoff at you, thinking nothing good about this, much less losing respect for you, or worse yet discrediting you as...
This moment, where you are and where you are standing. You know it will happen, but what will happen, you know not of. You begin to board a late night train bound for anywhere, and heading to anywhere will be your final destination. You grab a window seat before relaxing and settling in for the long trip. You notice a lot of people that are coming aboard at this ungodly hour and most are elderly people who seem preoccupied with just getting a seat before the train lurches and creeps forward. You are getting a book ready to be read, when a ma...
To start this moment, one needs a subject or a topic and then proceed with a cause for this to happen. It will only last a noticeably short amount of time yet keep you wishing for more. Though time is not only limited and about to cease, but you can also only make one decision that could alter your life in a huge way, because of that decision you make. It can be in the blink of an eye, that what you wish for may be in your favor or may work against you. Either way you have so little time to make that decision in. You look all around you an...
"What time is it you ask?" "What time is it?" "Why should I be asked about the time, when it is a precious commodity?". Time is as precious as the air we breathe or the water we drink or being able to walk and go places freely. Time is something that makes us look at it and ponder how long we have left to live on planet Earth. Time is valuable and yet it can never have a price tag placed on it because there is never enough money you can offer and time can never be barter with or bought at ay price. No matter when you ask the question, What t...
The place was cold and dark. It was certain that the room which was bland with no more than a metal bed and a toilet was at least not without some furniture. I was laying on the floor instead, because the bed gave no comfort and it was very hard begin metal. It was no offering anything but more pain and suffering since I was bleeding from my back. I was being tortured daily, endless removing me from my room just to be scared into sharing secrets, Secrets that could very well get me killed for even remotely showing in my face what I actually ...
To be more than an average person, yet not knowing what we wish to do exactly to become that better than average person. We seek out answers and try to solve all the problems, of not only our own, but we then want to do the same for others. As if life was not already a mixed bag of uncertainty and the unknown, as if the world was filled with incomplete and unexplainable things that either bring with it fear and depression. As if we all want so much to become a reality, then we place things on a shelf that make life less stressful. or make li...
The rules don't always apply to all as they are made by those who make rules for others and yet they make their own rules up as they go along throughout life and expect others to follow the very rules made by them but not for them. There are those who try to confuse you into being something you are not or are not meant to be. They lead you or mislead you in a direction that may cause you to question all the many things and the very reasons behind what you have been believing because those that mislead you are in the dark themselves. It seems...
The moment the idea came into my head, it was bigger than my own brain could comprehend. I was not sure what feelings or emotions I would allow myself to feel. I was not certain how I would be able to compute the things that were becoming my train of thought. I was new to this pattern of all that mattered and yet somehow I was not too concerned except that as I was thinking and putting all into a certain order, it was obvious that I was well aware of what may or may not happen. I was at an age that even if they were actual words of reality...
The main reason behind knowing is to believe that knowledge will help you get through anything that life throws your way. If we hold onto that very fact, we will somehow become better for knowing and finding that we knew it all along. We believe in so many things we hear but sometimes never look for the truth in what we believe, and more so take them for face value. If we do this more often than not, we never allow ourselves the opportunity to discover more in what is shown us and what is actual facts. We should always ask the why or at leas...
It was the only way to find a way to exit out, yet this was not one of those open options, not in the slightest bit. It begins to become unbearably hot and there is no relief in sight. You run under and over things, looking for anything moving suspiciously. You sense danger when there is none. You breathe heavily and it keeps your adrenaline pumping. You rush towards openings in walls, racing towards doors that slam shut or windows that are barred from you exiting them. You are paranoid and looking around, you are not sure whether you will r...
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