Carpe Diem (8 words in 8 lines collection)

Dance as if no one else is watching Sing like there’s no one who is listening. Scream until both your lungs may have collapsed. Laugh like all time in the world has stopped. Rock as if nothing around all of you matters. Mosh as though hell is like here on Earth. Love like you will…

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Dear, Love a Fangirl… (8 words in 8 lines collection)

There'll come a day you will marry And find a girl you will love to death. Someone who will be your other half and Her presence will make you out of breath. And then there will be me who will Be secretly hurting deep inside but not allowed. After all who am I to you,…

Are You Happy Now?

SHE READ TOO much, way too much, not because she was a snob who would rather read than socialise but because she was not very good at opening up to people. She wrote, immortalised her thoughts on paper since she was afraid to speak up. You call her a 'nerd'. She listened to her favourite…

Over and Over and Over Again

One of the coolest abilities that a bibliophile could have is neither the extra speed in finishing a book or two or even the whole series of it in one sitting; nor the most vivid imagination of being one of the characters. Although the latter would be so much cool, both aforementioned notions could not…

My Own Heroine-Self

I might not be permanently a victor/tribute like Katniss Everdeen; Demi-god like Annabeth Chase. A divergent like Beatrice Prior Or a dhampir like Rosemarie Hathaway. Neither am I a muggle-born witch like Hermione Granger Nor a shadowhunter like Clarissa Fray. Not even a caster like Lena Duchannes Or a warlock like Theresa Gray. A battle…

Jasmine (An Adaptation)

Note: It's been a long time since I've posted a short story in here. This was written for a retelling/adaptation paper required in my English 11 class last 9 September 2015. The same format as my old work, Love at Failed Sight and it is an adaptation of James Joyce's notable work, Araby. IT IS THREE days before winter break.…