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A poem describing some thoughts and images that came up to my mind. Hope you like it! Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, desperate, desperation, existentialism

Poem / Poetry

February 21, 2024

Reads: 103

Comments: 3

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Tags: dying, blue, baby, desperation, scream

Short Story / Romance

February 09, 2024

Reads: 121

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

In "The Lost And Broken," we delve into the depths of darkness and despair as two troubled teenagers, Matt and Neil, form a twisted bond forged in the fires of shared obsession and mutual understanding. Tensions at home lead Matt to seek refuge with Neil, where they descend into a… Read More

Tags: friendship, revenge, desperation, dark-fiction, psychological-thriller

Book / Fantasy

November 02, 2023

Reads: 4333

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Makayla Clark has always lived a normal life in the place of Aken's Town, or so she believed. Recently, her family moved to Dark Lake City where she meets a seemingly familiar man named Chase. She feels as though she knows him but can't seem to put her finger on… Read More

Tags: love, romance, magic, desperation, powers

My mind trying to understand love and hate and how it is deceiving and betraying the mental and physical state of our being . . . Emotional senselessness and restlessness -- without logic, without reason . . . Read More

Tags: love, war, hate, desperate, desperation

See OUT OF DESPERATION Read More

Tags: desperation, consternation, humiliated, unhinged

The reason why we are here . . . out of desperation . . . at least by some who cannot see beyond tomorrow. Read More

Tags: desperation, consternation, humiliated, unhinged

Paying attention to slide-FX & claim self-agency from Authority figures who don'Tend harbor equaliTeam Read More

Tags: desperation, complacency

Short Story / Memoir

May 25, 2023

Reads: 254

Comments: 1

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Biggest regret of my life Read More

Tags: college, regret, desperation, snake

Last play of a desperate man Read More

Tags: desperation, trump

I have seriously wondered if I've developed some sort of mental illness... or worse. Prison life can do that to you. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

Essay / Memoir

June 17, 2022

Reads: 327

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I almost pulled the plug on my typewriter forever... Read More

Tags: writing, desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, zap-tales

WEB OF PROSTITUTION- as the old saying, "It's old than the hills!" Read More

Tags: abortion, mafia, desperation, struggles, prositution

Short Story / Memoir

April 20, 2022

Reads: 334

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Epiphanies come in many forms. This one came in the form of a half-frozen Luna moth. Read More

Tags: death, desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, zap-tales

Tags: longing, sadness, desperation

After believing for so long that they couldn’t take my words, I tearfully realized… they can. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

An examination of life in prison and how what little hope there is lies in the failed attempts to escape the nightmare. Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, prison-life, prison-escape, zap-tales

Is anybody out there? Read More

Tags: love, care, desperation, need-help

In the land of lost hope Only the broken-hearted stay, Too beaten down by life To even try running away. Read More

Tags: despair, loneliness, hopeless, desperation

Article / Other

April 03, 2021

Reads: 526

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I should've told you Read More

Tags: love, cliche, desperation, sappy, unrequitedlove

the first chapter.. Read More

Tags: desperation

Tags: desire, lust, frustration, desperation

Short Story / Flash Fiction

December 30, 2020

Reads: 816

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image:pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: drunk, desperation, offer

Life is short but my story is long. I want to put myself out there to tell you anything is possible! Read More

Tags: abuse, fear, desperation, overcoming

Tags: fiction, money, tragedy, desperation, coronavirus

Poem / Poetry

June 04, 2020

Reads: 660

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

How it feels to live with chronic pain and illness, finding no help or relief from doctors Read More

Tags: pain, desperation, health, mental-health, chronic-illness

Short Story / Other

October 30, 2019

Reads: 796

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The workplace has become a no-holds-barred Colosseum devoid of compassion. Everybody wants to climb the career ladder. Tired of being a pen-pusher, we crave something to jar us from our fossilizing stasis - even though it might mean defenestrating our own human nature backwards through a window and watching the… Read More

Tags: loneliness, greed, desperation, selfishness

Poem / Non-Fiction

September 02, 2019

Reads: 669

Comments: 8

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: unsplash Read More

Tags: desperation, stress

Poem / Poetry

January 24, 2019

Reads: 723

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Short poem about being lost inside our own mind and feeling empty Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, dispair

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