The Devil You know
A blog for the voiceless
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Sadness vs. Grief
There is sadness and there is grief. They are two totally different beasts which consume you in different ways. Sadness hits fast and takes you down. It doesn’t always kill you. Usually, it’s usually just a wound. Grief takes you down like sadness but… Continue Reading “Sadness vs. Grief”
Dave was that kind of guy….
It was just past eight in the morning. When I came to terms with the fact Dave really hadn’t come home, I sat up in bed. I looked around my room which was painted an awful blue that he had picked when our house… Continue Reading “Dave was that kind of guy….”
Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.
I remember the first time I tried to kill myself. It was just honestly a break in the space-time continuum I had going after decades of pain. A momentary darkness, and a suffocating hopelessness that had knocked the wind out of me. I’d decided… Continue Reading “Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.”
A cup of coffee and a smoke
I wake up I piss I shower I drink a cup of coffee and light a smoke at the sink. I brush my teeth for at least twenty minutes to get the taste of semen out of my mouth from the night before. Still… Continue Reading “A cup of coffee and a smoke”
Ezekiel 33:8-9
Excerpt from Chapter 14 My steps seemed in ordinately slow as I approached his house. My body felt sleek and fluid. That familiar warmth making its way up from my feet again, circling around my legs and settling between my thighs when I opened… Continue Reading “Ezekiel 33:8-9”
Killing Robert
Note: Leah sits lost in the memory of the first time she kissed the only man she’s ever loved. All while she follows Robert home to seduce and kill him. He pulled away and walked to the street ahead, I followed slowly, taking time… Continue Reading “Killing Robert”
What boys do: Excerpt Chp. 15
The setting sun was on my face and the air was heavy with burnt wood and laughter. It was late fall as I sat nuzzled against a boy on a picnic bench next to a bonfire. A boy just a few years older than… Continue Reading “What boys do: Excerpt Chp. 15”
Excerpt Chapter 12: First Kiss
“You know something Leah…,” I looked at him with hundreds of red lanterns hanging above us on the street. The wind rocking them gently as he leaned in; putting himself nose to nose with me. Our eyelashes kissing. We hadn’t actually kissed, and yet… Continue Reading “Excerpt Chapter 12: First Kiss”
Chapter 11 Excerpt: Love
Love. That word, that complex chemical reaction, that either fulfills you or breaks your soul in two. I’ve known one in my life. Glorious him. I knew the moment I heard his voice that I had no hope, it was at a bar in… Continue Reading “Chapter 11 Excerpt: Love”
The Devil You know 