Abigail sat still and quiet‚ hoping she would go unnoticed before falling victim like the others had. It was judgment day all over again and it had only been a week since the last. Each rock of her body drew eyes to her careless movements and Abigail’s inmates eye’s screamed at her to stop. If she continued to act out‚ she’d be chosen as the next meal‚ the next victim. The desire to escape brewed within her stomach. The pot was stirred with each plea from the current target‚ making Abigail’s insides
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Now‚ March 18.. Clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk. I could hear the tapping of the Captain’s peg leg on the deck as he paced. I could also hear the slightly lighter thumping of my mother’s heavy boots as she took baskets of herbs up and down the stairs. The boots had originally belonged to Father‚ but Mother used them now‚ calling them more “seaworthy” compared to the delicate canvas boots that she used to wear. When Mother and I joined the Silent seven years ago‚ I was surprised as she almost immediately
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I cannot tell you how many times people have abandoned me. Seen them Triumph over me! Left me for dead! They wanted nothing to do with me; rather‚ it was their insecurities or demons‚ but it somehow felt like I was the one punished. I looked for you‚ God‚ and felt like I could not find you! I felt like I couldn’t find you in my pain‚ hurt‚ abandonment‚ and depression. I kept looking‚ crying out‚ waiting for you to show up to rescue me! Rescue me from these enemies. They persecute me without cause
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I can’t imagine. I just. I don’t want to keep all these thoughts and emotions in and yet I feel as if I have to. It’s my job. A sudden wave hit me‚ a wave of depression for absolutely no reason at all. And now I’m hurting and the hurt won’t end. Everything triggers a certain memory that just brings me deeper in the hole. And I tell myself to just forget the past and focus on the present but for some reason I can’t. So the only person I can let these emotions out to is myself. My life isn’t bad and
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“Yay”‚ I screamed after hearing that we were going to church. “I can’t wait to play with my fwend Jenny”. Imagining her graceful brown hair dancing in the wind. Her divine brown eyes reflecting my spoilt face like a mirror‚ her smile so bright it beats the giant bright ball in the sky. I put on my raspy brown plaid shirt that had race cars spotted all over the back and front. My diminutive khaki pants and went running into the living room where my dad carried me and brought me to the
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PROLOGUE PROLOGUE Only fools became starfighter pilots‚ and my mother was one of them. It is dumb to put yourself at so much risk‚ because you may end up as a flaming fireball through space. Like my mother. You would never know if the Sinats would attack‚ or ambush‚ or raid. My point is‚ piloting a starfighter is very‚ very dangerous. And of course‚ my mother happened to be one of them; a flying‚ dangerous maniac. By my fathers definition‚ she was extra stupid‚ but I always thought that flying a
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"I know what it’s like to be different‚ Evie‚" Brennan said soothingly. He knew how volatile Evie was right now and was only trying to calm her. "No‚ you don’t!" She exploded‚ "You have never been bullied! You have always been ’cool’ so you have never been called names‚ thrown around in the hallways or embarrassed everyday. You always had friends while I had no one. I was raised so dependent on my parents that I could never go against them when they said that my studies were more important than
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It wasn’t always like this‚ you know? This isolation had not yet taken over my life until I was faced with the aftermath. She’s gone. And I’m still here. The past two months I’ve been surviving‚ not living. Just thinking about it now burns deep inside of my chest‚ the sensation feeling as though a load of hot coals have been placed there firmly by Isabel herself. Now sitting in my cold dark room‚ I feel as though half of my soul is gone from this life‚ she has taken it. Along with her last breath
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I’m a caterpillar. Crawling around with not a single idea what my future holds for me. I have always felt I was different from all the other insects. They all seem to know who they are and what their purpose is. But not me‚ I don’t have the slightest clue. I have always felt that I’ve been trapped inside the completely wrong body. And that somehow when I was just a little larvae‚ I was mistaken and introduced as something I knew I wasn’t. Well they were correct about who I was physically but mentally
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Daddoo Remember growing up not knowing exactly what your dad does for a living or not being able to explain it to anyone? You just know that we live in this huge house and he always wears a suit. Well I remember that because it’s my life right now. Why is it that I can hear it over and over again what my father does for a living but I can never understand it? Am I dumb?! Or is it just a bunch of mumbo jumbo? All my friends think he’s in the mafia because he wears pin stripe and black suits and
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