Submissions by Peppermintemperame

Right here, staring at the keyboard.
Fingers tracing the Enter key, eyes downcast.
This is where you are.
Wearing a Cool Hand Luke shirt that once belonged to your mother because you thought it made you look cultured.
Watching clips from movies
Watching them live
Envying them
For our world is not so filled with adventure
As theirs
You are here
Left on the brink of need
Reaching out to something that doesn’t exist
Not anymore.
And when the lonely hours of the night,
When the rest of the house is asleep,
You sit ...