Tag: poison

  • Neglected

    I knew my life was going downhill when I saw the flowers in the front garden had started to wilt. The petunias were my grandmother’s pride and joy and when the flowers went downhill, I knew her health was declining.  The problem being that just last week, she had been her perfectly normal and healthy…

  • Pancakes

    Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash  I didn’t know what it was about pancakes, but I could never get enough.  My family didn’t understand my obsession and I never could stop trying to explain my love with the delicious meal.  My newest mission was to make my own syrup.  I was trying to convince my…

  • Tomorrow

    I always told myself I would be able to do it tomorrow.  Tell someone how much they meant to me – tomorrow.  Run that race I had always wanted to – tomorrow.  Write the book that had been floating in my head – tomorrow.  I would be the person I wanted to be – tomorrow. …

  • Jordy’s Revenge

    “What have you done?” the headmaster bellowed, all eyes now turned to me as he stood over the lifeless body on playground. I turned around and looked behind me because surely everyone wasn’t thinking I had anything to do with the body. But in fact, he apparently was staring straight at me. I could feel…

  • Sick

    “I am sick of this,” I said as I opened the door and stepped into the sunshine.  “I’m not sure how much longer I can last working here.”   “It’s really not that bad,” Jeremiah said as he followed me out.  “I don’t mind it too much these days.  I mean, we have a steady paycheck and health benefits.  Should we…

  • Potluck

    “Where is the sign-up sheet?”  I asked looking around the small break room.  I had never actually been into the break room before as I was a little uncomfortable about eating in front of other people.  It was a problem I had had since childhood when my parents made me eat all the foods I…