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Light In The Darkness

Light In the Darkness By Paul McCann I’m going to light a candle in the dark and light the darkness up with a creative spark . For where there is...
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I'm Destiny
Whirring. The final panel flickered to life. Destiny was awake. “Please insert the tablet you received from Silus.” Her voice was monotone but...
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Lists
Scrolling. The list displayed four main objectives but within each of them was a nearly endless list of trials. “So what sort of trouble were you in...
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Of Crowns and Ashes (Chapter 1)
“When war is young, and red wind’s cloak burns, and the sun fallen from the clouds, he born alone on the seventh hour of the brightest day will claim...
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Flowers
Broken stems, Crumpled petals, Leaves cast without a clue. Rotting roots, Spurned seeds, Colors overdone, yet overdue. Cracked stone, Chiseled...
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Somewhere Balloon
Someday Balloon, You will be mine, I’ll find you, Red and drifting and torn in a hundred places, Lying on the ground, Drowning beneath the sea, Or...
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Don't Name Them.

Dedicated to all the Teens and young people on wards 33 and 32 Leeds LGI Teen cancer ward, which became our second home, and where we made friends...
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Valentine’s Day
Can I kiss you? He asks in the darkening car park By the puddles of oil-covered rain I rewound to the bench in the square To the way his eyes didn’t...
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The Unwanted Visitor #2
Well, thank you for having me, and sorry about the reek. I didn't intend to stay a full week. I suppose I'll have to do something about my bowels...
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Wedding Days
. Wedding Days By Paul McCann On wedding days we say for better or for worse . In others words you always put the other first . For richer or poorer...
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A Seasoned Child
Seasoned Child By Paul McCann As the rain in the highlands falls , The smell of wood burning stoves hangs in the air . People smiled behind closed...
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How Can I
. How Can I By Paul McCann How can I work when they don’t want to pay me, how can I even shirk , there’s no work today. How can I ever rearrange a...
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There Is
a yawn in his voice as he sprints down 13 steps and soon the scent of bacon and eggs saturate his space. Sounds from three children above as they...
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Rest In Peace, Mom - Part V

When a person dies so young, I have to ask why. I still miss you as each day passes by. When my brother told me how sick you were, he told me face to...
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Mr Alfred Muggins' Thoughts On The Reformation
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He had been virtually accused of racism in the summer for defending the statues on social media, but there was no foundation to it! What would they have accused him of if they had realised he was a fan of Henry VIII? At least he wasn't going to get his head chopped off.....
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Sharks

There’s still nae answer. Ah’ve been chappin the door noo fur oer five minutes. He’s no answered the phone either. Ah’ve been tryin aw mornin an aw...
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Cautionary Pictures 6)

Peer pressure: see them scheme schemes that are not what they seem …
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The Face of God - Part 2
ii. He’s lit by the light of seven burnt out candles Lined up before a splintered mirror, Face split across four shards, a blade in another...
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The Face of God - Part 1
i. I look down upon the gathered crowd. Know each singular history. They stare up at me unknowing Of my yet unwritten story, But in the ending...
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