Entry #1742
A Walk in the Park
It was Friday and Chase was wandering around the city. He saw some suits eyeing him from a vehicle. He started to walk faster, but he knew they would eventually catch up. Praying in his head, he heard the car close behind. Stopping to pee on a fire hydrant, he saw they were only there to clean a pool.
Entry #1743
Free Falling
“What should I be doing right now…I can’t remember,” Tobin thought aloud. “I know I’m missing something man, what could it possibly be?” He was falling at spine splitting speed. “Has my mind failed me?” Tobin pondered for a second, the cord dangling unbothered from his parachute. “Did I forget to brush my teeth? That must be it.”
Entry #1744
Time
Selena's begging, screaming, asking for more. She's running, trying to keep up, but the closer she gets the farther behind she realizes she is. She asks "Will you slow track if I change or can you backtrack if I promise not to be the same?" She's tired of trying. Still she keeps crying, simply asking for more time.
Coma
John's 15th birthday is today. His parents bought him a 1971 Camaro. He took it out on a spin, topping out at 150 and slamming into a truck carrying toxic waste. John woke to find himself in Area 51 with the abilities of Superman. While his parents are grieving, he's out fighting the bad guys and saving the world.
Entry #1746
What Did I Do?
Anthony booked it from the red and blue, into a pitch black alleyway where he realized it was a dead end. Trapped at a brick wall, Anthony had no idea why he was running, but this was increasingly familiar. He looked back, the light and siren getting closer. As they drove past, Anthony was shocked by his good fortune.
Entry #1747
Cookie Crumble
Bob ran away from his house after stealing five cookies out of the living room. When he returned, the door was locked and he was imagining his miserable punishment. While begging his mom to open the door, he promised not do it again. When she answered, she said, “You could have just asked,” and she handed him an Oreo.
Entry #1748
Gravity
For 17 years I've waited to hit the distillery; I'm still fermenting. I feel as if the world just wants to stop my shine. I'm the moon, you'll never see my dark side. I'm talkin' real talk with them moon rocks. This is surreal fiction with a vision. People can't breathe around me because I have no atmosphere. Moon$hine.
Entry #1749
Mom’s Hungry
I grew up in a place where nobody could even think of being. I wondered if I would make it out alive. One day, while driving, I spotted a black bag on the street corner. I stopped the car and found more than a million dollars inside. Life changed: I bought a house for my momma and some pancakes.
Entry #1750
Skate to Eight
Sashaying down the avenues, the youngster stopped his stroll to scope out two original gangsters in a desolate alley. He approached them with a few bucks in one hand, and a pair of dice in the other. Shaking their heads in disapproval, the O.G.’s decided to lace the youngster up and teach him the game of the mind…Scrabble.
Entry #1751
Drifting Off Into the Unexplainable
As he drifted off into a never ending oblivion, Johnny was staring into a pool full of gummy sharks. Mouth watering and stomach rumbling he jumped right in. He tried to take as many bites as he could before they swallowed him into their dark blue and white abyss. He thought that they killed him. His alarm thought different.
Entry #1752
Addiction
Wanting a better life for himself, Jacob threw his last cigarette into the trash. A couple days later he was having a bad day. He thought he had will power but didn’t know will power had him. He swore to never touch another cigarette in his life. That was until his best friend’s sadness and addiction came back home.
And some non-fiction…..
Entry #1753
If You Really Knew Me!
If you really know me, you would know I fake my smile to hide my pain.
you would know I fear death after seeing my cousin die in front of me.
If you really knew me, you would know I draw when I feel sad or mad.
you would know I chose to grow up fast because I was tired of seeing my parents struggle to keep our house.
If you really knew me, you would know the reason I do not let anyone stand behind me is because I was in an abusive relationship.
If you really knew me, you would know I am barely an 18 year old girl.
you would know I dropped out of school my freshman year because I didn’t have money to buy new clothes like everyone else.
If you really knew me, you would know I use drugs to make me feel happy and like there is no worries in the world.
If you really knew me, you would know that I blame myself for everything my parents are going through in life.
Entry #1754
Crazy
If you knew me, you would know I was crazy in my head.
you would know my brother passed away.
If you knew me, you would know my grandma was very sick and recently passed away.
If you knew me, you would know I saw my mother being abused as I grew up.
You would know I worry that my little brother will follow in my footsteps.
If you knew me, you would know that I want to change.
You would know I am a solid individual.
If you knew me, you would know I do not think before I react.
You would know that I am constantly angry.
You would know I jump straight to a conclusion.
If you knew me, you would know I forgive my parents.
You would know I have changed.
You would know I have to prove others wrong that thought the worst of me.
If you knew me, you would know I choose to be the best father to my daughter, best brother to all my siblings, and be the best son for my parents.
If you knew me, you would know that I dream of taking care of my family, and making a life with a lot of money.
You would know that I hope not to return into custody.
If you knew me, you would know that I could do anything I want if I put my mind to it!
Entry #1755
Beyond Me
If you really knew me, you would know I’m proud. That the hardest thing I ever did was give people second chances. One piece of good news from my life this week is finding out how much support I have from not only family but friends too. My relationship with my family is all gooda gooda. My biggest dream is to be free so I can kick it with my family and girlfriend. The person I feel closest to is my stepmom and pops because they’re my best friends. If I could have anything, it would be money to see my family, my girl and friends again. The funniest thing I remember is my lil’ brother flyin’ down the stairs in a laundry basket. My biggest fear is losing a close person. I’ll give anything to see my pops smile. I believe in freedom, Now I can change. I plan to get a job and support the ones that supported me. I will choose not to hang out with people that caused trouble for me. I dream that one day I will put my pops in a fat house with a nice car and to put me and my female in the same. I know my dream is going to come true ‘cause I’ll work hard. If you knew me, then you would know. “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, watch how long you live.” -G.D.
Entry #1756
Fighting and Trust
If you really know me, you would know I get mad and irritated fast.
you would know I like to fight.
If you really know me, you would know I like to learn new things.
If you really know me, you would know I don’t like people that talk shit.
If you really know me, you would know I can’t read a lot.
you would know I get distracted fast.
If you really know me, you would know I like to talk a lot.
you would know I am trustworthy.
If you really know me, you would know I am faithful.
Entry #1757
When They Don’t Listen
When these people don’t listen, it changes you inside
When these people don’t listen, there’s no where you can hide
When these people don’t listen
When these people don’t listen, I’m angry with foam hissin’
Rocks hittin’, goin’ back to the days I was broke eatin’ boiled chicken
When these people don’t listen, it’s a mission
To tuck yourself and stay in control
To sit there and have them think you’re bold
To tell them you’re hot but inside you’re cold
When these people don’t listen, the haunts of what’s untrue come chasin’ you
You try to be cool but everyone’s hatin’ you
And the anger gets to takin’ you to a place you know no one has faith in you
When these people don’t listen, it’s hard to decide
Whether you should live or whether you should die
If you should smile or if you should cry
Until you can, all you can do is sigh
When these people don’t listen, it’s hard to know about reality in the heat
To tell what truly happened when I was getting’ beat
Or when me and my siblings had nothing to eat
When these people don’t listen, it has emotions flippin’
Thinkin’ about my drug addict mom and my dad in prison
About my long lost family that’s gone and missin’
To think to stay strong or if I should give in
When these people don’t listen, you can’t make you mind up to scream or yell until your lungs bust
Whether it’s like or hat or just knowin’
If they’re real or fakes leaves ya mood bummed
When these people don’t listen, it’s a nightmare instead of a dream
You have no future and your life has no meaning
You have no family, you have nothing
You aren’t a person; you’re just something
When these people don’t listen, they give you “dirty stares”
Stress you out completely ‘till you have no hair
They start to rip you then leave you in a tear
When these people don’t listen, I know they don’t care
But when these people do listen, you see me happy
Have other people laughing and negativity crashing
When these people do listen, I’m thankful in every way
You can talk to me and make my anger go away
When you listen, just know you make my day
When you listen, I just pray you stay
When you listen
Entry #1758
Pine Trees
If you really knew me, you would know I love the open forest.
You would know I like peace and quiet.
If you really knew me, you would know I do not like people.
You would know I like fishing.
If you really knew me, you would know my favorite thing to do is ride dirt bikes.
You would know I like to listen to music as much as possible.
You would know I hate big crowds.
If you really knew me, you would know I keep to myself as much as possible.
Entry #1759
Money and Anger
If you really knew me you would know this is my fourth time in juvenile hall.
You should know this isn’t nothing.
If you really knew me you would know that I really love money.
You should know it makes me feel lovely.
If you really knew me you would know I get out in a year.
You should know I did something wrong to get here.
If you really knew me you would know I think about my brothers and sisters every day.
You would know I’m the fourth oldest.
If you really knew me you would know this my last time in juvenile hall.
You should know I’m going to change my ways.
If you really knew me you would know I get angry fast.
You should know it just happens.
LOUD
If you really knew me, you would know I lost my dad when I was 13.
you would knew I get very emotional and depressed a lot.
you would knew I am very impatient.
If you really knew me, you would know I like to laugh way too much.
you would knew I do NOT like being around loud people even though I am loud myself.
If you really knew me, you would know I am always talking about my sisters.
you would knew I have two brothers and three sisters.
If you really knew me, you would know I do NOT like math.
If you really knew me, you would know I keep my circle small.
Entry #1761
Jinx Blackout
While in custody at the juvenile hall, I was sentence to 365 days. I was released November 27 of last year. I finished my 9-month sentence from February to November. Therefore, after I was released, I told myself I was not going back to the hall unless it was for a serious crime, so now I’ve jinxed myself.
Entry #1762
Inhale Exhale
I have been locked up for 90 days and I got 350 days left. I wake up every day and always think to myself I got one less day till I go home. Every day before I go to sleep I think to myself, if I wasn’t here where would I be? I wonder if I would still be breathing.
Entry #1763
Stranger
Everyday you're missed. You left so willingly. Replaced by this stranger who looks, walks, and talks like you, but she doesn't have the sparkle in her eyes the way you used to; doesn't think the way we do. It's crazy to think back to when you were me because when I look into the mirror it’s not you I see.
