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She opened her eyes and found herself on a dirty street filled with thousands of people. Trash littered the corners and drains. Feeling panicked, she pushed herself up and stood. Her head throbbed with a blood rush, and when the dizziness faded she glanced at the ground. Between her fingers she could see a pristine scrap of paper. On it was written the word Zephyr. On the back were the words nine days. Well, she thought and crumpled the paper in her hand. Nine days isn't very long. She let the ball fall to the ground where it ignited. As it disintegrated into ash, she stared at it. When it was gone she looked up and around her, dazzled by th

I glanced down at the business card with something reminiscent of amusement. My lips curled. As if he could sense the action, Hanna appeared out of what could have been thin air to wrap his arms around me in a bone shattering embrace. A high pitched squeal found its way out of his vocal cords and past his lips. "You smiled Derrel!" "Did I?" I asked, not even remotely curious. My sensory had been returning to me, little by little and the little ends of my nerves were tingling. I could feel the warmth of his skin. It was a poisonous sensation, crawling along my own dead flesh like tiny spiders on a death march. His smile was infectious and my

If you could you would Stand there the whole night thinking Listening to the clock tick away Thinking of new ways to call my name Ideas would never cease their flow From your head to your lips Slipping into the air to where they would hover A breath Before dissipating into nothingness Before our very eyes Until the sun would begin the slow rise Caressing the sky every inch up The way I would touch If I could remember the name that eludes As if it holds a key of me The truest essences now lost Hidden somewhere in the vastness of your mind.