Continued:         I wake up to an ache settled over my entire body, pain and soreness flooding through my entire existence.  I’m on a tiny brown cot, a ridiculous and oversized coat thrown over me as a blanket.  It smells of earth and coal, a weird homey sort of... Continue Reading →

 Continued:         My boots are soaked with snow, and my body heat crashes against the cool evening air.  Stars begin to blink against the deep blue sky, as I trudge what I can only assume is north.  I begin, between heavy breaths against the cold, to sing.  Initially a song that had... Continue Reading →

“Life is tough, my darling…”         Cold.         I am cold.         The first thing that I register is the cold seeping into my back, my hair, my legs.  I’m lying on my back, hands crossed on my chest like a corpse and hair set gently... Continue Reading →