Rainn felt the arteries around his heart tighten and his breaths shallow. “Not her too,” he whispered through his gritting teeth, tears cutting grooves across his face. “I can’t go through this, not again. I haven’t got it in me…” He had reached his breaking point. Put a man down too many times, he’ll eventually stay there. Rainn was defeated. He had fought and barely won way too many times before. “To what end?” To live to fight again someday? The war was never-ending, the agony incessant, and his will shattered in more pieces than tears he’d shed. He knew that now, that there was no way out this time. It had all led to this — resignation. The saddest…
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Year Twelve
Twelve years here at Clueless HQ and we’re still standing. The past year’s been pretty quiet, and not always necessarily in a good way. But that’s behind us now. I haven’t been doing much writing lately, but I’d very much…
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Senile Butterflies
I coughed up a butterfly the other day, much to my surprise. I didn’t even recognize it, didn’t even know its name. I asked it who it belonged to and it couldn’t even tell me. Did it forget? How long…
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[FRAGMENT] #102 – Still Over My Heart
[…] – You promised you wouldn’t write about us! – And you promised you’d always love me. I’m sorry, is you breaking me an inconvenience for you? This is me coping with all your lies and broken promises, with what…
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[FRAGMENT] #38 – I’m Here Now
[…] He slowly but angrily grabs her hair and holds it firmly, then grabs her jaw in his other hand. – Are you happy? She stares at him silently as her left eye sheds a tear. His expression softens and…
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[FRAGMENT] #163 – Miracle Kisses
[…] – I could kiss you, make it better. – If only kisses were any good at healing… – But they are. You’re a doctor, so you heal the world with science and medicine. As a doctor, you may not…
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[FRAGMENT] #83 – I Didn’t Come Here to Fuck You
[…] – Please tell me you’ve got a condom this time. – [frowning] I didn’t come here to fuck you. I came here for Alice, Alice the person – he presses his index against fer forehead. Because I like Alice…
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I Can’t Risk It Anymore
So much of it lost, so much of it stolen. I don’t know that I would call it recklessness, I was just trying to… live. To live the way I wanted to. Like others so easily do. To trust, to…
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My Choir Has Gone Silent
Rings upon rings upon increasingly dark rings, I spiral downward toward the edge of existence, guided by the trembling hands of a sickly puppet master. There used to be a charming musicality to the passing of time, but my choir…