I see Snow's green crystal eyes surface the crowd and his puffy lips curve into a snake-like smile. My heart starts to crack once again. It feels as though I'm looking into a murder's eyes. A murder who killed him. His tears bled into my chest as he took his last breath. 
I see Katniss and Peeta walking in their black unitard. As they inch closer I let the memory fade into dust. The other tributes look beautiful in their...

"Oh, Cinna's here!" The prep teams sequels.
"Beautiful work,  "I reply to my prep team and their faces fill with smiles.  "Give us a moment will you?"
I hear there hurried footsteps scramble to get out.
"Love the eyeliner Cinna," Venia says in a whisper.
"Bye Cinna," Octavia replies in a sing-songy voice
Lastly, Flavius bursts into a hug before leaving.
As the compartment door closes I study her.
"Hello, Katniss. I'm Cinna, your stylist" 
"Hi" She replies as though she had...

The purple flowy gown with green leaves engraved into its waist. The red splatters onto the silk in the shape of bright berries. I hear the sliding of doors and the fabric twists in the sickness of my grasp as he walks in. Knowing the words that will soon spill from his lips I take a seat.
"The tributes are here." Haymitch says in his rough half-drunk voice. I slightly tilt my head to see his sarcastic smile. I nod...

v    i    v    i    d    imagination...
creating worlds and people and places. 
             look for drama. love. nostalgia. anger. agony. betrayal.
all of these illusions
                              are based in reality,
but they are warped and shifted and put in new context.
we excel at
                   deception.

the    l    i    e    can slip out so
                                easily.
it starts as a wish and
                                 intensifys into a craving.
before long, i've created an                            not a lie but not a truth, either.
                                          alternate reality.  ...

Chapter Three -- Nathaniel

    I have been shot. For the third time. Today.
    “Pay attention, Nate. Just ‘cause you’re the best player two years running, doesn’t mean you can slack off.” My teammate yells from across the field. “Season starts in two months, and we’re not going to get new recruits if we’re garbage ourselves.”
    “Two months is enough time.” I flop gracelessly onto the grass, waving him off. “There are more important things going on, remember?”
    Agan laughs from...

It is soon to be be Halloween,

So I now tell a story about a boy named Eugene.

Eugene is sixteen

And he was trying to create a vaccine

Made from gasoline.

He experienced complications that were unforeseen

Accidentally blowing up everything to smithereens

Including that poor old wolverine.

As Eugene ran away from the scene

He decided to stay in quarantine.

adultolescence
a book of 
half written
garbage
with no 
place on my shelf
so what if i'm 

t h e 

m o n s t e r - 

that didn't buy your book?

 

Chapter Two -- Railey

    Finn sits in a quiet corner of the living room reading to Adalwolfa, utterly oblivious to the morning chaos surrounding the first day of school. Being the youngest of seven must be easy.
    “Hey, Railey. Can I borrow your shoes?” My sister calls from the room we share. “The white slippers, I mean. They go really well with the dress I bought yesterday.”
    I groan, knowing she’s already put them on. “Yes, tulip, you can borrow...

“You are insane,” I muttered as my aunt paced around the living room.
    “I am not insane! Did you hear what that new anchor, Eleanor Fort said? She said that the stock markets could lose all of their data and everyone would lose all of their money!” Aunt Liz exaggerated.
    “That is not what she said.”
    “Yes it is! We’re going to become poor and die.”
    “We are not. Everything will be fine.” I rubbed my...

It just took three words
to screw everything up
and now that I know that
I want to take the "I like you" back.

My heart in my throat 
tears down my cheeks.
You promised nothing would change, 
then why do you treat me differently?

Be the same guy I fell in love with,
please,
I promise you won't hurt me. 

What truly shatters my heart into a million pieces
is the thought of you becoming as cold as the...