Behind me | Free Write 1/28/2013

I ran, not looking back, no no never even dare to look back, if I look back I'm lost, if I look back it gets me. So I ran, ran and ran as fast as could be, fearful, terrified, trembling because it was behind me, it was coming, it was near. My legs stumbled and arms pinwheeled but I couldn't stop to regain my balance oh no I can't stop can never stop, because it's behind me, it's coming, it wants me. So I ran, ran as fast as a coursing river, as fast as my legs could go. Still, it was behind me, it was coming. I could hear it now, hear it's soft breeze like breathing, hear the light padding of it's feet upon the ground. It's was no closer than before, yet no farther either, it was behind me, and so I ran.

Today | Free Write 1/16/2013

Today is the day I fell into the black abyss. Today is the day I ran, never once thinking to look back. 

Today is the day I gave in to selfish desire, and lost everything I held dear. 

Today I gave up on hope. Today I gave up on love. 

Today, for the first time, I truely understood pain. 

Today I felt my heart torn in half. Today I watched that half fly away. 

Today I knew emptyness. Today I knew sorrow. 

Today I learned what first inspired man, to paint, to write, to create. Today I understood what made him destroy. 

Today, I saw my world torn asunder.

Intro

Hello everyone, I'm Perry Stoops. I was born and raised in Plano Texas, the youngest child of three at nineteen years old with my older brother and sister being thirty-seven and thirty-five respectively. I moved to Springfield about 8 months or so ago, both to get away from Texas and because of nearby family, and this is my second term at OTC. Currently I am going for a transfer degree in education and hope to teach history. I have a strange fascination with quotes and am an avid reader, especially of sci-fi with my favorites being Star Wars and Halo.