jennadoggy

Temple of Reflection Chapter 1 I open my eyes. Lying on the floor in a doorway. My upper body resting upon a cold surface and my legs are on a softer place. I sit up and something slams against my back. A door closing behind me. I turn around and look up at the black marble frame. I stand up and turn the gleaming gold handle, hoping it would push open so I could get a glimpse of what was on the other side. It doesn’t budge, I give up. I sigh and turn around. I gasp when my eyes fall upon a beautiful forest. In the middle a structure that looks like it was pulled from ancient Athens. A temple resembling the Parthenon, but smaller and t

You’re Lost I’m running. Neither from anything nor particularly towards anything either. Mainly because everything around me looks the same, blurs of green trees and vines. My feet slipping on moss patches and clearing tree roots rising from the dead. Even if I knew where I wanted to go I would not find it through the continuous pattern of scenery laid out in a row before me. I stop running. Because now I’ve tripped and am laying there trying to find my calm. My breathing finally slows and when I sit up to look around, I half expect a jaguar to come bounding out of the thickets. The classical Amazon scene of vines and bright,

The rain covered the voices rising from the back room. But so did the nasally sound of Spongebob’s voice singing about fun. I was too focused to count how many empty bottles were scattered over the coffee table. This was a usual sight though, so I didn’t think to accompany it with complete destruction. More yelling ensues and the door is flung open violently. I scurry to my room so scared I could cry. And I do. I lie there, soaking in the smell of my room, my sanctuary. Another crash in the hallway and it parallels the one in my mind, where I become the hero. Storming out there to match their intensity, to bring them back home, awa