Captian's Log I Killed a Man the Other Day 22 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 I killed a man the other day, and that is why I cannot stay. I killed the man who killed my love. No one can say but Him above, none…
Captian's Log Reflections of the Mind Pt. III 15 May 202313 May 2023 "Dr. Christoph, Dr. Christoph," someone is shaking my arm. I stretch, letting out a little groan. Blinking, I see Dr. Agonson at my side, raising a quizzical eyebrow. "What is…
Captian's Log Reflections of the Mind Pt. II 14 May 202313 May 2023 I see my reflection, faint, in the clear glass, my face like a ghost, the eyes black holes. Beyond, he sits. His chair is bolted to the floor; the chains,…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: Unnatural 25 Apr 2023 It is unnatural to lose a child, but nature goes on. John's nature, always to pull, to search, to unravel, led him down a very unnatural path. Seventeen children had…
Captian's Log Consequences 13 Apr 2023 The dead are with me, their sorrow and forgotten hopes like cavities in the ether. They know you. The dead may forget many things, their names, their loves, but someone…
Captian's Log Black and White and Red All Over 20 Mar 20232 Apr 2024 The sky had been an oppressive white. The day, a suffocating overcast, was only the latest in a long series as cold winter wearied under spring's amorous entreaties. Eventually, even…
Captian's Log Scapegoat 19 Mar 202319 Mar 2023 "That's twenty dead," came a voice into my ear. I turned around, thinking it was someone at the table next to me, but I had forgotten how early it was,…
Captian's Log Bleeding Out 10 Mar 2023 I'm bleeding. The warm streams of my life ran down the cold flesh of my useless arm. When the bullet exploded in my shoulder, the whole limb went numb. I…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: Bleeding Out 8 Mar 2023 I'm bleeding. The warm streams of my life ran down the cold flesh of my useless arm. When the bullet exploded in my shoulder, the whole limb went numb. I…
Captian's Log Sonnet: Heaven’s Tears 7 Mar 2023 Please Read:Heaven's Tears https://taletold.wordpress.com/poems-2/heavens-tears/