She thought that music would help,
but it only blocks
            out
        the
 world.

Shadows still come,
clouding her eyes,
no one knows
how she's killed.

She stays away,
locked in,
easy to escape.
No one is safe,
while she knows,
and learns,
the secrets
said to stars 
in the night.

The girl you see,
on the outside,
littered with smoke,
and picking up smiles
from rotting weeds
that sit like shards of glass,
glinting in the...

    My brother would never say he was a genius, but he never passed a chance to tell about his apprenticeship with the Hermit. The Hermit lived near the city, yet no one ever saw or heard anyone living at the house. We knew he was there, though. His collection of items continued to grow. No one thought it would go this far.
    
    My brother must have been a genius, since no one’s ever been allowed into the...