PowerfulWriting

i am a wounded child, puff-faced from blows and boastings, heart a target full of arrows and appraisals. i am a stubborn child, cross-armed to keep intruders out, to bar any chance of letting new ideas and people in that would disrupt what i already know to be true. i am a bullied child, using words to lure my assailants in so i can use my fists to do the rest. i am a proud child, standing tall on legs that place me higher than the other children, but make me bump my head on my own hubris. i am a child, an excuse i use beyond those years to combat the adult idea that children can't understand what life means when they

Darkness seeps through curtains drawn Stillness permeates the air Glowing sliver sparks the night Moon's dull glow kills shadow's flight I sit, head down, stare into space My visage blank, poker face Memories turn to warmer days Of faces bright, carefree ways To bring them forward from the past Create a semblance of what was Blackens darkness even more Adds melancholia to the score Weeping wound, guitar untuned Play me a dusty melody Best to turn and face the moon Grasp what light in darkness breaks Future will be beckoning soon Look to the light and rise the stakes Of wealth and health and happiness Shake off the gloom of midnight's kiss

Guy says to bus driver “I understand you have to get to places quickly,” while holding onto a rail “But aren’t you afraid you might miss someone’s stop?” Bus driver says, “I’ve been doing this for ten years, where do you get off?” The guy points to the window "A block from the one you just passed."

There is something unique about stories today, and in ways they are stronger and weaker than ever. In Poetics, Aristotle emphasized the importance of plot above anything, and character was considered secondary. "For the plot ought to be so constructed that even without the aid of the eye he who hears the tale told will thrill with horror and melt to pity with what takes place. But to produce this effect by the mere spectacle is the less artistic method and dependent on extraneous aids." More often today, people are concerned about the reverse. Characters are what come above everything. We draw pictures of our characters, fill out questions