Submissions by althaiasxwriting (Althaia Alkmene)

I write best when I am either falling in love or falling apart."--Rudy Francisco.

Depression can be both a helping and a hindering aide. If you cannot feel what you are writing-then you're not a true poet, or writer. The craft of writing takes emotion, and courage. A courage to go where others are afraid, to admit our fears, create our dreams and bring them to life. It takes dedication. A dedication because sometimes you have this brilliant idea, one that would blow everyone you know away... yet the words just won't come. It’s not that the words fail you, it's the fact that you...

black hearts
and white souls
complimentary components
just to feel
human

dark thoughts
and pure intentions
reversed

two halves
of something
whole...

or is there more?