The Fortress

Ages agoWhen everything seemed newAnd dreams were as true as realityI started building a fort, with blankets and hopeAnd oh! Fairy lights!In its comfy wombI read, slept and fantasised a bitLet’s just say, I conquered it. One day,Hope left unannounced.The foundation broke,It shook the core.I stood still, shockedAs the bricks collapsedAnd dreams came crumbling down.Crash!Then…

Mind Reader

My eyes lock with hisMy mind locks itself As I focus on the dark brown rim of his iris staring at my frail bodyAnd think about everythingEverything. I don’t want the people in this room to know about me“If minds could be read,” He asks“What would I find in yours?”He pauses to sucker punch my…

The glass wall

There he wasHe stood across the glass wallWith A little girl beaming beside himIn a world different from her own. Something strange was happening to her,Love was a feeling which she had never known. They stood for a while nowAs the little girl squeaked in delightHe brought her to the museum every Sunday She watched…