A mixture of venting, short stories and other miscellaneous musings.
2 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
I wanted to be like Addie. Everyone loved her. Including me. It was hard not to. She was kind, funny, sweet and smart but it made me sad to know I would always be second best. Next to her, nobody really paid much attention to me. I didn't have to be...
2 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
He bustled around the kitchen, his movements almost as fast as his mind was racing. He had not been this happy in a long time; perhaps never before as happy as now. There was the one time, but this was better than even his best, most precious memory....
28 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
He spits jewels on the floor. They drip, drip, drip from his lips. Impossible. This is impossible. Your mind struggles to understand the scene in front of you. Not real! Your mind screams. Not real! He shakes violently and your mind races through eve...
28 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
I’ve been in this room for what feels like hours, when I look at the clock I see it’s really only been thirty minutes. I’m just supposed to have my ears looked at, I noticed a weird sound, a high pitched buzzing that comes and goes. The room is sound...
28 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
She keeps her heart locked in a chest of wood, not flesh, and she buries it in a graveyard of forgotten dreams where nobody ventures.Once in a while, she'll go back to that place and take it out, thinking, maybe this time will be different. Maybe she...
27 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
The woman sipped from her cup as she surveyed her garden. She had to admit, it really was beautiful and she took a certain amount of pride in making sure it stayed that way. The roses were by far her favorite though the hedges were lovely as well. Th...
27 Apr 2023 2 minute read 2 comments VelvetRaindrops
I often find myself in a bad mood these days. People only seem to notice once it affects them and what's more, they never care about why. Too many times I've been told I'm just being 'emotional'. How could I not be? What is the appropriate reaction w...
26 Apr 2023 2 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops
A villain is a villain. Nobody cares about the why or how of it. It matters little the pain, anger, fear or betrayal that leads them to make the choices they make. Nobody cares how you get where you're going, the end result is all that matters. Bein...
