Two Sentence Tuesday #50

            As aspirations go, some people strive to plant their flags upon the mountaintops while others won’t rest until they’ve reached out and touched the stars. For Harry, he was winning at life if he could afford a victory dance on the knoll across the street.

Two Sentence Tuesday #49

            Zane had closed his eyes and, taking a deep breath, opened his mind in a way he had previously never thought possible. In that moment, his consciousness expanded beyond the boundaries of his fleshy shell and he could feel the boundless heartbeat of the universe, itself, beating within his chest.

Just Another Saturday Night

I met a girl down by the station,

On my way to a swank celebration,

Said she “wanted to talk”,

So we went for a walk,

Now I’m feeling a burning sensation.

Two Sentence Tuesday #48

            Tidal waves of boredom slapped Geoff from one side of the room to the other, as he waited by that infuriating telephone, chanting for it to wake the hell up. When the silence was broken and Tara’s name finally flickered across the display, Geoff could have danced, or sang, or ran a marathon, or climbed a mountain, or done any other Herculean feat the world might toss his way… except actually pick up the phone. 

Two Sentence Tuesday #47

Owen relished those special moments when he could put on a set of headphones and shut out the rest of the world. The Beatles were always a particularly lush vacation from the ambient clutter that usually made his eardrums bleed.