Category Archives: Fairytale

Midsummer’s Night

Posted on August 1, 2017 by shardsofruby

It was a dream that lasted a lifetime; a story that cannot be unveiled. The first touch on midsummer’s night; The first kiss by the stage light. It was sweet wine and bitter draught, Good mornings and good nights. You … Continue reading →

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Siren, Mermaid, Driftwood

Posted on September 8, 2015 by shardsofruby

Her songs will bring the most experienced sailors down to their knees and their deaths. Surrounding herself with bones as old as time and debris of premature endings, her hair and feathers flutter in unison to the Mediterranean breeze; lose your … Continue reading →

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Doesn’t Feel Like Wasted Time

Posted on January 3, 2015 by shardsofruby

12nn. “Not my phone. Why is this tone so strangely familiar?” You recognise that tone from a long time ago. It’s one of those messengers from a long long time ago, also someone else’s ringtone. You turn to see a living, … Continue reading →

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Last Night

Posted on May 8, 2014 by shardsofruby

Your form glided across my consciousness, crashing into the reality of day while the rays seeping in from between the thick folds of marigold velvet warms the fluff we call bed. While fingers run through the softness of your hair … Continue reading →

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Never Yours To Keep

Posted on May 4, 2014 by shardsofruby

Then there’s you and you, smiling as if everything was alright. Eating and drinking and kissing and talking and laughing and smiling. Smiling as if this will always be how your life will be, as if you didn’t already forsee the ending. … Continue reading →

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Another Tale From Another Time

Posted on April 28, 2014 by shardsofruby

She looked down at everything playing out before her eyes All too surreal. The lips were moving but the words were muffled. The people were becoming smaller The sounds more distant with each passing second. She was reading a chapter … Continue reading →

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The mermaid and the landlubber

Posted on April 3, 2014 by shardsofruby

I belong to the seas, and you to the mountains. There are some things I should never know but there is nothing I want more than knowing it The Pandora box, the forbidden fruit I can see it in your … Continue reading →

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Peter Pan Syndrome

Posted on February 21, 2014 by shardsofruby

I don’t want to grow up. I don’t ever want to be a responsible adult with a day-job and bills and tiresome happy-hour chatters about bosses, clients, and that new slutty secretary. I want to hug you to sleep on a huge mattress … Continue reading →

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Soon the lights will dim and the curtains will close, then all will fade from the knowledge of this ignorant world.

Posted on October 17, 2013 by shardsofruby

There was the sound of ringing bells We heard but we never listened It is a warning siren telling us to flee I hear but I don’t listen Then I saw the fleeting light It was a flash across the … Continue reading →

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