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Humans. I can smell you all over this place, this city, this planet. It used to be so pure and beautiful, and now it’s crying under all the weight you put on it. Humans.I’ve watched you for centuries; I bet none of you even know. I’ve been silent, waiting with my breath baited for you to leave, for nature to get tired and flush you out like the toxic waste you really are.
What do you know? You’re small, close-minded, stupid. You know nothing about loyalty, about greatness, about eternity; you know nothing about love.
That’s what your pathetic world is supposed to be about, isn’t it? The ever present secret power, keeping everything in motion, turning the planet and rolling the wheels. You’ve had poets and bards and infatuated fools who threw themselves off cliffs to prove their love; like it would prove anything but their mortality. These days, you pretend it doesn’t exist. You prefer gleaming leather suitcases and suits – you’d rather roll in money than go to sleep content.
Although that’s the way it’s always been, I suppose. I saw the first time humans sinned; I see nothing of that pure passion, desire to live, in you. It’s bleak and greying, washed out over time, like everything is bound to.
The millenia have made me bitter, I know that. I have long since admitted to myself how I wish to have tiny limbs like you, even if it made me just a part of a herd, a piece of cattle – I’d rather my life was a mere blip in time than all eternity, spent like this, standing still, unable to move by my very nature.
I’m sure none of you would think so, but even I yearn for something. Everyone, everything does. If you listened, you’d hear it wherever you go, the silent, steady beating of the Earth’s very core, see the lines running through time like pulsating veins. You’d hear it in the whispering of the forest, see it in the reflection of the night sky with all its stars. You’d know, then – and maybe you’d realize how futile your existence really is.
You see, love, that’s not something that comes and goes. We’re all born with it; every living thing, even those you think are dead. I have a heart, too; it beats deep within me, strong, but always too silent. I’ve been here since the beginning of time, and what I yearn for I’ve only ever touched once – when we all were one, just a swirling mess of colors; what would later become my home, your home.
How often do you look up at the sky? Every day, I’m sure. It’s always there, covering you, safe like a blanket on a winter’s day. I’ve seen the sky; it’s the only thing I see, I’m surrounded by it, drowned in it, and yet, I have no way of reaching out, feeling as whole as I have in that one moment on the brink of creation.
Some days, I find myself wishing for an end. Something that would make us into clouds of smoke, into swirls of colors with no concerns, careless, like children.
Some days, I find myself cursing love, and the way it awakens a heart in all of us.
You have no idea about eternity, you, humans.
If you did, you’d wish to be dead.
I have this one friend who was in great relationship with his girlfriend. But one day something happened, something that destroyed all… That phonecall was like thunder from clear heaven.
I was with my friend in my house getting ready for the night, we were going to celebrate our league win. We had won the Nike Premier Cup with our team. It is really appreciated tournament so we really had reason to celebrate… So anyway yes we were getting ready and my friend´s phone started to ring, it was his girlfriend. I thought she called to congratulate us for the win. I was wrong. She wanted to breakup with my friend because she heard “some bad things” about him. Of course the things weren’t true but she didn’t believe him. She was so angry. The guy that told her all that stuff was one asshole who had crush for her and he tried to do everything to make my friend and her girlfriend to breakup. Now he did it.
My friend was so angry to that guy and yes… that all night was ruined. He didn’t know what to do, his girlfriend wasn’t answering to him and he didn’t even know what he had done to be in this position. Simply he did nothing wrong but the problem is that his girlfriend didn’t believe him. I started to hate that asshole even more but what can you do? Beating him up isn’t going to bring her back, right?
Two sad weeks has past and my friend still weren’t talking to his now ex- girlfriend. Of course his not thinking about her anymore and has moved on and already been partying like never before, but I still tried to make them talk to eachother, because its frustrating to watch their angry looks at school. One day we were going to play football and on the way to the field we saw her ex with that asshole outside having fun and laughing. That face my friend had… it was like his healing heart was falling apart again. He walked next to them and started to yell at that asshole. After long verbal fight, my friend punched that guy in the face! His ex got even more angry and they stormed away from the scene.
From that day my friend was going trough the same feelings he had after that bad phone call…
Few days after the fight he told me that he felt bad about the fight and he should have just talked to his ex instead of fighting that asshole. Feeling so bad of what happened, he went to her place hoping for the new start. While walking there he was going trough the situation he is going to face. He went alone, he said that everything is going to be okay and told me to not be nervous for him but while saying that to me I saw his hands were shaking.
Anyway, he ringed the doorbell and her mom opened the door. She said that his ex wasn’t home and that she is moving to her currents boyfriends house. My friend was broken and without words he turned around and started walk slowly. While he was walking slowly the ex girlfriends mom yelled to him. ” I believe your story, my son. I never thought that you would do something like that, but I beg you…. please leave my daughter alone because I know she is in pain every time she sees you. Take care my son”
My friend had small smile at his face and while looking to the windows he saw his ex crying and hiding her face and tears with hands. Maybe she realized that she gave her heart to the wrong man….
I was sitting in living room waiting my friend to arrive. I was nervous for him. Finally he arrived. He had so many tears in his face but still he was not crying. We just looked each other, he didnt have to say anything. I could read from his face what has happened. I just hugged him and while hugging he wispered to me, ” Brother… can you sing for me…. sing to me about her… you are the only one who feels my pain…. sing me song about her loving me and kissing me ….. because I cant have in real life I want to have at least in a song……”
What can I do in that place… so I started to cry and sing at same time…..
My name is Rayny Day, and yes that’s my real name. Just like my name, my whole life has been like a full-time downpour. At school I was being bullied. But I can’t blame the bullies, I was a super easy target – the quiet redheaded girl with a funny name. Because of that I still haven’t got any friends and I’m 24 years old. Now my life has changed a bit. I have been working at a local tuna company for about five years now. I like the job, it’s simple – I can tunas.
Three months ago my life turned upside-down when a man called Sonny Week was hired to work in our company. When I saw him my heart skipped a beat and I felt like throwing up, in a good way though. I couldn’t get my eyes off him, I had never felt that way before. From that moment on he was the only thing I thought about. Not only was he extremely handsome, he was also funny and social. It was as if we were from different planets, but I didn’t mind.
Couple of weeks after Sonny’s arrival I was tying my shoes when I heard a terrible sound. I turned to look over my shoulder and I saw that the huge boiler filled with hot tuna goo had spilled and all of my co-workers were drowning in it. I realized, I was going to die but then suddenly someone grabbed my arm and pulled me to safety. It was Sonny – The prince of my dreams. My heart was throbbing like a jungle drum when he touched me. I looked straight into his eyes and he looked back. We were so hypnotized by each other that we didn’t notice the incoming tuna wave.
We both died that day – Me and Sonny, but at least I died in the arms of the love of my life.
Jennifer is a 17-year-old girl who studies in the Springfield’s highschool. It was a rainy day, when Jennifer was coming back from the school. She didn’t want to get wet, so she entered the chinese restaurant, to wait rain to stop. After seeing so many interesting things she decided to eat there.
Jennifer ordered some rice with chicken and with the food she also got a chinese biscuit wich in there was a message and in that message was written “today it’s gonna be an adventurous day…”
After eating, Jennifer started to go home , she went toward the bus station and there she noticed that she had not the
bus card , so she went back toward the chinese restaurant , but during the trip she noticed that a strange and mysterious man was following her…
First Jennifer ignored it , but when the man started to walk faster and faster Jennifer got nervous and she started running , she let the man behind and arrived home.
The next day Jennifer left from home as always , even if she listened music on the mp3 she heard some steps , she watched behind and saw the same man who followed her. Jennifer ran again to the school but through the forest trail and there she got lost, she was scared and didn’t know what to do.
After being hidden in the forest for twenty minutes , the man found her , Jennifer saw the man and started crying and supplicated him to not hurt her , then , the man showed Jennifer the wallet with the bus card and asked if it was her. Jennifer smiled and thanked the man after that they got acquainted.”The man’s” name was Tom and he was 18 year old and he was also a high school student. Tom and Jennifer changed each other’s telephone number , organised a date and since that day they didn’t separate from each other…
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was cold winter morning, and I was late. I didn’t have time to drink my daily coffee and I was already mad to myself because I had slept too late. Actually, I wasn’t interested at all of going to school, because I had just broke up with my boyfriend. I mean, now my ex-boyfriend. I had cried all night because of listening those cliches and heartbreaking lovestories in songs from my iPod. I thought that life isn’t getting any better – I was satisfied with that sentiment that I was going to be depressed and miserable for the rest of my life.
It was snowing outside – and that didn’t make me any happier. I was tired, angry and cold when I finally got to school. I went to my Finnish course lesson, and that was the 75 minutes that changed my viewpoint of love.
That broadening lesson’s topic was love. First, I had to struggle hard against those tears that were deceiving me in the corner of my eye, but when I listened other students stories and experiences of that crazy, stupid little thing called love, I realized that I wasn’t alone. I was so crestfallen and self-pity that I didn’t even notice that I wasn’t the only one who had suffer love’s effects. There was so many others than just me who talked about love just like I did: negatively, haughtyly and icily, like it was poison. Like it was love that has hurt us.
But it isn’t love that hurts us; it’s the wrong people we fall in love with. That’s the main thing I realized in that lesson. And thank god I did. As cliche as it is, I felt like I experienced an enlightenment. I decided that I would shape up, move on and promise myself one thing: I would stop searching love and I would let it find me.
It was very warm summer evening, three friends had just put on sauna and were starting to eat their grilled sausages and drink beer, they were enjoying their time on their summer cottage. They had heard earlier from a local that there is a killer bear on the loose which had already killed two hunters. The three friends bragged to each other how they would defeat the bear easily, and with empty hands of course. The time went by and the sauna was getting warm so they decided that it was time to get in.
In sauna they kept telling different stories and talked about wonders of life. They drank quite a lot of beer and with the sauna mixed in they got pretty drunk. One of the three friends had to take a leak and left the sauna. Time passed and the other two started to think what is taking so long. They both went outside and saw their friend all over blood and teared apart 40-50 meters away from the cottage. They quickly went inside to crab guns and they went to check their friend if he was still alive. Their friend had been half eaten so there was nothing what they could do, they were totally shocked. They both went back to sauna and decided that they’ll stay the night in there and call police tomorrow, they were shocked.
Unfortunately they both were covered in blood after checking their friend and because of their shock they didn’t realize to wash it off. The bear teared sauna’s wall apart in the middle of the night, the two friends tried to fight against the bear but their guns had jammed so there was nothing what they could do. They both were eaten, except this time fully. The bear ate multiple others before hunters finally killed it.
“A man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night can still become a wolf when the autumn moon is bright.”
Florence Welch – Howl
The rain is steaming down on the city, filling the air with a scent of wet asphalt and grass. Everyone closed their eyes and went to sleep, the quiet is reigning over the town now, or so it seems.
Bloodied feet are moving hastily through the mud, a brutish pant violates the quiet of the forest: something is making its way through the forest, something is hunting down its prey. But it’s not a wolf, it’s not an animal. There’s no humanity inside of it. Its blue eyes are staring blankly ahead, focusing only on their aim, ignoring the open wounds from which blood spills and flows down on its pale skin.
What kind of creature is this?It’s a young man, a young man blinded by love and by rage. The ropes that kept it tied have been unbound ‘cause the moon for which it howls is in danger and it must rescue Her. Its muscle tense and its hands are taking the form of claws: it’s making to attack, there’s no turning back. Not God nor the Saint can help its victim now.
His body is trapped by the weight of the body of the creature there is no way to escape: the beast opens wide its mouth and drags his teeth across his chest amid his screams and pleas, but it’s deaf to his pain and after having torn its way in, it reaches his heart and the creature can hear clearly in its sound the voice of its Moon. Finally it tastes the beating heart of its prey and then it looks towards the full moon shining in the night sky and howls.
“What happened, honey? Why are you crying?”
“Oh it’s terrible! Do you know Mike, my class mate that gave me those math lessons?”
“I’m not sure if I remember him…”
“It doesn’t matter…his dead body was found this morning. Apparently some wild animal broke into in his room at night and attacked him. The most horrible thing is that the animal tore apart his chest and ate his heart away. I’m speechless, this town is turning into hell. He’s the fourth guy from our school killed in this month. Should the police do something for this wild animals? I’m so scared, I want to leave this place.”
“Then I’ll come with you, we can’t be apart. You’re like the Moon and I’m the wolf that howls for it, and I won’t let anyone else howl for you. Never.”
She wasn’t sure when she came across that 15:04 leaving bus that left from the side of the city and drove right through it. She didn’t rememeber how long she had travelled with it, she didn’t remember why, not where she was going or where coming from. She didn’t even remember if it had been her first time in a bus, when that exact line’s 54 bus had been hit by a truck and crashed on the side of the highway, leaving no one alive. She didn’t remember how long she had been stuck, switching from bus to bus, sitting on the seats staring at the people who came and went while the busses drove, all day long, the same route every day.
She didn’t remember anything. Except for on thing.
She remembered him.
The boy had shown up one autumn day, raindrops falling of his clothes and black hair, cursing quietly the weather. He had sat down in the back of the bus and directed his dark eyes out of the window. She didn’t think she had ever seen anyone as beautiful.
She creeped closer to the boy and sat a few rows away like she was afraid of getting caught staring at him. The boy looked like an angel that had come across the poor earth, and angels always could see her. But when the time went by and the boy got up from his seat, she realized that he was just a human – incredibly beautiful, but still human.
Once upon a time there was a little, nearly 100-years-old, granny with no relatives left. Her husband had left her years ago without saying a word and her children and grandchildren had moved away to big cities and our little poor granny was left alone to live in her little cottage in a dark and untouched forest.
She was getting too old to live alone. Everyday life was a one big struggle and everyday she would shed tears while thinking about her family and husband and the heartbreaking loneliness she had to face everyday.
One evening she went to get fresh water from a nearby fountain. On her way back to her house she saw something that looked just like a human being but she couldn’t say for sure what was it.
“Somebody here?! In my house?!”, she yelled but no one answered. She thought she must have imagined so she let it be and went to sleep.
Next day she woke up to the shock of her lifetime – her husband was standing next to her bed. He looked exactly like he looked like when she last time saw him. But somehow she knew that he wasn’t alive anymore, he wasn’t a human anymore.
“Come with me”, he said. “I don’t want to see you torture yourself any longer”.
She started to cry. It was true. All she wanted to do was to end this. She had no reason to live anymore. And she wanted to be with him.
She wanted to follow the one who meant more to her than her own life did.
Two lonely, Annie and Max in the new town, they were coming to study in Oxford. They moved from another towns, just with their luggage and their mind.
Annie was moved very nice and small house, edge of the town. She didn’t had any friends, or no one who can say good morning, or hello to her. She was shy, and she thought that she never ever found nobody who share everything with her. Annie was still excited about the new school, she thought that she started like a new life, and she was going to find someone, or something..
And what about Max..he had just a similar story than Annie had.. a new town, new school, new life.. Max really really needed someone who listened him and walked across the nightly city streets, someone who could wake up next to him..
Oh my god, one very sunny day Annie and Max met each other in the school, they stared at each other, their life stopped…But the big question was; could they ever see each other..?
Luckily Max saw Annie at his corner store, he followed Annie, and was amazed when he realized that Annie was his neighbor!! He screamed Annie’s name, and Annie noticed that. Then they walked across the street hand in hand…❤
They were so happy , they were found someones. Annie wasn’t lonely anymore, she had Max. Max, who listened her every time. That was so important to Annie. Now also Max got his Annie, a friend like Annie was.. Ahhh and rest of the story is just a history.. ❤
In Bamiya lived a blind girl. She was blind since childhood and was sad about her shortcoming. No one wanted her except her boyfriend who loved her very much.
One day they got news from the health department that someone has agreed to donate eyes to the blind girl. The girl was excited knowing that now, after so many years she can see from her own eyes. She started making plans about her marriage with her beloved and danced with joy.
On listening this, her boyfriend just smiled and hugged her. The day arrived and the operation was a success. When she opened her eyes and called for her boyfriend, she got to know that he would not be able to come. One day, her boyfriend returned to her. He had gone blind.
He proposed marriage to her but seeing him blind she declined the offer. She said that now that she could see why would she marry a blind person and take the burden for life. He went away brokenhearted and said “Take care of yourself and my eyes” before leaving. She did not know that the eyes through, which she could see now where her boyfriend’s.
Once upon a time, there was this boy called dexter. Dexter wasn´t special looking but he was bigger than the average kid. When dexter was young he hadn´t particular friends. Sure he had some guys too hang around with at school, but he was not so popular. Dexter´s solution was: bullying. He did not only bullied weak ones, but everyone. He laughed in their face, slapped heads against each other, spit in their lunch boxes… And all because of a little respect. In the end everyone was afraid of him of course. But that´s all he wanted right?
One day Dexter walked home after giving one of the nerds their daily spanking, and Dexter noticed a shadow behind him. ´´What do you want punk“ he said, and turned around. There was no one behind him. Dexter started walking again pretending nothing happened. But then the shadow followed him again. ´´ Hahaa now I got ya´´ he said and turned around. No one there. Dexter started walking faster and in a few minutes he was home. `´Wow´´ he thought. ´´Won´t see that anymore´´. Dexter yelled he was home so his parents would know he had come home. No reaction. ´´Guess no ones home then´´ he thought and walked to the living room. But when he comes to the living room he sees his dad. `´´hi dad´´ he said. No reaction. Suddenly Dexter doesn´t feel well. Walls are approaching him. He hears footsteps and a loud high tone. A bright big light appears on front of him. Dexter falls on the ground. The light and noise are continuing but he hears his father sighing and talking to the TV. Dexter can´t breathe anymore. He passes out.
Later was diagnosed that dexter a rare form of paranoia. He died because of lack of sleep. Dexter never talked about his feelings and let his thoughts be. His mother died when he was 10 years old. Hopefully dexter will be finally again with his mother..
Amanda, a normal girl, 3 years ago was left alone with her mother by her dad, who met some model one night in a bar. Time slowly went by and Amanda was no more a girl but turned into a beautiful young woman studying her degree in the university. Life was hard, her mother working nearly all day long just to keep her happy and to be able to afford a normal life for both of them in society. Amanda was leaving her house for her classes when suddenly, she saw a moving van next door. New neighbors bought the house of the Marshalls at last, and she was quite curious to see if they were going to be noisy people like her old neighbors. She couldn’t bother anymore as Sebastian, her best friend was actually waiting and she was running late. Sebastian was the only man who Amanda actually trusted and talked since her Dad left her mom.
Sebastian was secretly in love with Amanda, but was too afraid to reveal himself to her, as he knew the problems about her past and knew how negatively she was thinking about relationships and love itself. The best for him, was to stay quiet and just be there as her best friend, like he had been for the past 12 years. During all their times together, he had been trying to find his courage and ask her for a coffee after classes, but there was another failure on that day again, he couldn’t let those words out from his mouth and look at the beautiful Amanda slowly fading away from him.
Finally back home, Amanda heard a manly voice on the other side and guessed that it must have been her new neighbor. Curious, she decided to have a peek and saw a young man and an elder women, who she thought must have been the mother .While peeking, Matt, Amanda’s new neighbor saw her behind the bushes, and decided to walk slowly and jump in front of her to make her scare. With a loud scream, Amanda fell back and got scared that Matt helped her to get up immediately after. Being a hot-tempered girl, she did not appreciate the joke and turned her back and walked back home. Matt, still laughing, asked her to forgive him and said his name loud so as to present himself, but she didn’t bother as she was angry with the immaturity of Matt.
The next day, late again to classes, to her big surprise, Amanda saw Matt, in the same class as hers and went directly to Sebastian and told him all about Matt. Sebastian actually had a chance to talk to him before and told Amanda that he actually considered him as a quite cool guy. That made Amanda moody and resulted in not talking to Sebastian for the rest of the day.
The autumn was heading through, rainy days were frequent and the shiny days started to fade away. Sebastian and Matt became good friends during those university times and due that time, Sebastian managed to tell Matt about his feelings for Amanda. Matt didn’t lose time on forming Sebastian to become a real ‘Don Juan’. Meanwhile, off the classes, Matt was getting closer to his neighbors and was glad to help them as Amanda’s mother Carolyn, was very busy with her jobs. Matt started hanging at Amanda’s place more often which made him less cheeky and annoying. Amanda started seeing some positive things about him and since Amanda’s dad left her mom, she didn’t open herself to other man except Sebastian. Since Matt came in her life, they started spending more time together.
One day, while being alone with her mom, Amanda told her about the thoughts she had of Matt, and her mommy was happy as she was happy that Matt was giving happiness to her daughter.
The next day Carolyn was shopping with Matt, they were talking about regular stuff when Carolyn slipped out to Matt about Amanda’s feelings for him. He became pale but tried to hide that face from Amanda’s mother who asked him to make sure that conversation would stay just among them. Matt just nodded, his head was full of thoughts. The truth was that Matt, started to like Amanda as well, but he kept it for himself for a dark and secret reason.
………………..
It was raining crazily and Amanda was so happy that she bought a bouquet for Matt and decided to reveal her feelings for him. She was sure she was in love. She ran into the rain and reached to his neighbour’s front door. All wet, she kept smiling and entered the house, then she heard voices and recognized Matt’s voice and some other girl’s voice too. She made her way to the living room and she saw him hugging another girl, not in a friendly way but somehow something else. Matt noticed her and told her to come near as he wanted to present to her, ’His Life’. Hearing those two words, Amanda’s heart fell apart and drops of tears just started running down her cheeks along with the raindrops which Matt saw. Those drops were from sadness among the rain drops but Matt decided to continue as being ignorant. Noticing the red flowers in her hands which he guessed was meant for him, he asked Amanda on purpose if those were for him. Feeling useless and insecure, she smiled vaguely and told that actually, she bought those flower for his mom and wanted to thank her from everything. She gave her the flowers and in no times, she turned and left their house in tears. Matt’s mom look at her son and saw a little drop falling down from his son’s cheek.
Amanda told everything to Sebastian, whom on his turn heart suffered on knowing that the girl he loved actually had feelings for his friend. Though still he decided to support her as much as he could. A week later, Sebastian went to meet Matt and asked Matt to explain his actions with Amanda. Matt told to Sebastian that this was the perfect occasion for Sebastian to put all the techniques he learned from him, and apply them so to glue the broken pieces of Amanda’s heart. Not wanting to waste time, Sebastian started hanging out more with Amanda and was always cheering her up. Due time she started noticing that Sebastian was actually the only one who really cared about her. She was just being too blind to understand during all this time what really was in front of her.
Time passed, days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. It was snowing outside when one day, Sebastian kneeled in front of Amanda and said “Amanda Sarah Smith, will you marry me?” Her mouth opened and her eyes filled up with tears, she just nodded, jumped and he hold her so tightly. She felt home.
They both decided to move together to Sebastian’s place so they could start slowly to get together in their new relationship. After some time, Amanda was walking outside, heading to Matt’s house along with Sebastian. They were actually going to invite him to their weddings, because he was one of the main reasons for their union. Nevertheless, she still had the thought of the broken heart and the rainy day in which she thought her life was over. She still could feel her heartbeats deep inside. They arrived to the front door and opened it. Just like in that rainy day she entered, but this time not alone. Suddenly, she saw her, the girl Matt was hugging six months ago. Confusion and insecurity filled her. She saw Matt’s mother and the girl sitting on the sofa, both looking so pale and sad.
Amanda and Sebastian greeted everybody and told them why they came to visit and asked if they could see Matt. The mother stood up and told them that this girl’s name was Andie and she had been Matt’s cardiologist for a long time as he was suffering from heart problems. Tears started to fall down on her cheeks and she started shaking and then with a thick voice she announced to them that, her dear son, Matt, passed away. Shocked and unexpected, the young couple gazed at the mother with a lost expression. She walked towards Amanda and grabbed her arms and looked into her face with tears running down on her face. She told her that Matt loved her, but he couldn’t share his heart with Amanda as it wasn’t enough for himself. He didn’t want her to love him as he considered himself as a ‘dead man walking’ . That was why he did never show his love to Amanda. The reason why he broke her heart was to make her love another boy, who was ready to do everything for her that he wouldn’t have been able to fulfill. Then the mother finished by saying that she hugged his cardiologist on that day and said she was her life, he was referring life not as being his partner but as his life itself in the exact term.
Speechless, her heart was beating so fast, emotions overtook her. She fell onto her knees, down into tears and pain. Sebastian hugged her and both cried for the loss of a good person.
On their day of their vows, they both promised to love each other till the end, to honour Matt and give his actions a reason…
(Sorry, couldn’t write any shorter)
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