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Das Einhorn

2009-11-01T08:35:42-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Mythology
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,573, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-1-09, Published: 11-1-09
Status: Complete

Ein junge Frau allein im Wald, auf der Suche nach etwas, von dem sie nicht einmal weiß, ob sie selbst daran glaubt... Eine Übersetzung meiner englischen Geschichte "The Unicorn".

Die Graue Dame

2009-10-23T05:33:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Supernatural
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Fantasy/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,060, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-23-09, Published: 10-23-09
Status: Complete

Eine Übersetzung meiner englischen Geistergeschichte "The Grey Lady".

Lovesick

2009-10-19T09:58:35-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 2, Words: 170, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-19-09, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

Two mystic poems written years ago, one is modern in style, the other a sonnet.

A Lover's Call

2009-10-19T09:54:40-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 103, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-19-09, Published: 10-19-09
Status: Complete

An old sonnet I've unearthed recently. An earlier companion piece to "Lovesick" and added there as chapter 2. Please review there if possible.

Prufrock Junior Preparing for the Stage

2009-10-19T09:49:09-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 418, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-19-09, Published: 10-19-09
Status: Complete

A kind of variation on T.S.Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". Written many years ago as a creative writing assignment. Personally speaking, this poem isn't very close to my heart, but there are people who seem to like it.

Erblüht

2009-09-07T12:31:55-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 117, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-7-09, Published: 9-7-09
Status: Complete

Es ist schwierig, für ein Liebesgedicht neue Vergleiche zu finden...

Die Rose von Scharon

2009-06-14T11:20:54-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Spiritual
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,709, Reviews: 1 Updated: 6-14-09, Published: 6-14-09
Status: Complete

Ihr Leben lang hatte Francesca Blumen geliebt... Ähnlich wie meine "Burgruine", aber mit einer message komplementär zu dem "Weißen Reh".

Das Weiße Reh

2009-05-26T06:51:15-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Fantasy
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 8, Words: 12,316, Reviews: 10 Updated: 5-26-09, Published: 5-22-09
Status: Complete

Der Rechtsanwalt und Hobbyjäger David verliebt sich in seine neue Gehilfin. Doch Alyssa ist von vielen Geheimnissen umgeben. Eine Mischung aus Liebesgeschichte und "tale of mystery and imagination" à la Poe.

Die Hochzeit zu Reinheim

2009-05-10T07:07:20-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Romance
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Spiritual/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,869, Reviews: 2 Updated: 5-10-09, Published: 5-10-09
Status: Complete

Was ist besser, Wasser oder Wein? Ein modernes Märchen.

Sommerhimmel, Abendsonne

2009-02-26T08:29:41-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 41, Words: 688, Reviews: 75 Updated: 2-26-09, Published: 4-5-04
Status: Complete

Eine Sammlung meiner deutschen Haikus und Tankas.

Die Stadt der Diebe

2009-01-11T06:29:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Fantasy
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Supernatural/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,156, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-11-09, Published: 1-11-09
Status: Complete

Eine Fantasygeschichte, entstanden aus einem Alptraum, den ich fortgeführt habe.

Heiligabend auf Burg Hohenfels

2008-12-26T04:38:05-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Supernatural
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,606, Reviews: 4 Updated: 12-26-08, Published: 12-26-08
Status: Complete

Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte im Gothic style.

The Shadows of the Night

2008-12-14T10:05:36-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 131, Reviews: 8 Updated: 12-14-08, Published: 12-14-08
Status: Complete

Nightmares and memories. A villanelle.

Drei kleine Kaninchen

2008-10-17T02:23:41-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Humor
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Humor/Horror
Chapters: 5, Words: 196, Reviews: 11 Updated: 10-17-08, Published: 10-13-08
Status: Complete

Fünf Gedichte, entstanden aus der Herausforderung, ein Reimgedicht auf "Kaninchen" zu erfinden - nicht wirklich ernstzunehmen.

Schönheit

2008-09-30T13:54:23-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 18, Reviews: 5 Updated: 9-30-08, Published: 9-30-08
Status: Complete

Mit Worten nicht zu beschreiben.

Aqua

2008-07-05T03:31:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance
Chapters: 3, Words: 67, Reviews: 20 Updated: 7-5-08, Published: 7-10-06
Status: Complete

A collection of tankas connected to water.

Beauty

2008-05-15T05:59:17-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 11, Words: 218, Reviews: 87 Updated: 5-15-08, Published: 4-5-04
Status: Complete

Ten futile attempts at portraying a delicate beauty defying description.

Was zählt

2008-04-08T11:51:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 52, Reviews: 3 Updated: 4-8-08, Published: 4-8-08
Status: Complete

... im Leben.

Nature's Mirror

2008-02-17T03:19:27-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 4, Words: 57, Reviews: 17 Updated: 2-17-08, Published: 4-5-04
Status: In-Progress

Four haikus that show how our own thoughts and feelings are mirrored in nature, and how we interact and are interconnected with nature.

Die höchste Kunst

2008-02-15T00:16:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 4 Updated: 2-15-08, Published: 2-15-08
Status: Complete

Kreativ ist relativ.

Einst und Jetzt

2008-02-11T07:32:24-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 40, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-11-08, Published: 2-11-08
Status: Complete

Erinnerungen...

Dasein

2008-02-02T03:16:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-2-08, Published: 2-2-08
Status: Complete

Wirklich da sein.

True Love

2008-02-02T03:15:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 118, Reviews: 3 Updated: 2-2-08, Published: 2-2-08
Status: Complete

Only true love can let go of the beloved.

Im Farblos

2008-01-13T08:31:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 1 Updated: 1-13-08, Published: 1-13-08
Status: Complete

Immer bin ich zu spät.

Constantia

2008-01-12T01:29:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 2 Updated: 1-12-08, Published: 1-12-08
Status: Complete

Deine Liebe fängt mich auf.

One more time

2008-01-12T01:28:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 61, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-12-08, Published: 1-12-08
Status: Complete

Touch me ...

Schneckenhaus

2007-12-22T02:31:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 23, Reviews: 1 Updated: 12-22-07, Published: 12-22-07
Status: Complete

Ihr könnt meinen Körper haben, aber nicht meine Seele.

Kraniche

2007-11-14T07:58:10-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 33, Reviews: 1 Updated: 11-14-07, Published: 11-14-07
Status: Complete

Winter. Schönheit. Endlichkeit.

Kinderlos

2007-11-14T07:56:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 2, Words: 41, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-14-07, Published: 11-14-07
Status: Complete

Zwei kurze Gedichte.

Mantel aus Rosen

2007-11-06T03:46:28-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 66, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-6-07, Published: 11-6-07
Status: Complete

Möchtest du, dass ich ihn dir umlege?

Nur ein Mensch

2007-04-23T02:25:08-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 37, Reviews: 3 Updated: 4-23-07, Published: 4-23-07
Status: Complete

Ein skurriles kleines Gedicht über den Wert eines Menschenlebens, über das Sterben. Es war mitten in der Nacht in meinem Kopf, als ich aufwachte.

Blutrot

2007-03-30T03:50:45-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 8 Updated: 3-30-07, Published: 3-30-07
Status: Complete

Mein bestes und wichtigstes Gedicht. [reposted]

Schrei

2007-03-30T03:48:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 97, Reviews: 3 Updated: 3-30-07, Published: 3-30-07
Status: Complete

Ein Schrei aus der Tiefe. [reposted]

Forgotten?

2006-12-30T08:07:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 95, Reviews: 7 Updated: 12-30-06, Published: 12-30-06
Status: Complete

You are not forgotten.

Sorrow

2006-12-21T08:22:49-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 15, Words: 317, Reviews: 92 Updated: 12-21-06, Published: 4-5-04
Status: In-Progress

A collection of haikus on sorrow, regret and grief.

Keep silent

2006-12-21T00:36:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 35, Reviews: 4 Updated: 12-21-06, Published: 12-21-06
Status: Complete

... for you.

Blood

2006-12-18T09:30:08-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 45, Words: 1,481, Reviews: 217 Updated: 12-18-06, Published: 4-5-04
Status: In-Progress

55 haikus and tankas dealing with selfinjury.

Broken trust

2006-12-18T09:20:09-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 8, Words: 211, Reviews: 26 Updated: 12-18-06, Published: 11-28-06
Status: Complete

A series of haikus and tankas on broken trust.

Speak

2006-12-18T08:56:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 7, Words: 238, Reviews: 34 Updated: 12-18-06, Published: 1-13-06
Status: Complete

Seven haikus and tankas more or less loosely connected to Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak. [Topics of rape, self harm, speaking or not speaking.]

Rose in the snow

2006-12-17T06:17:09-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-17-06, Published: 12-17-06
Status: Complete

It was my everything and now it is dead.

Rose im Schnee

2006-12-17T06:14:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 45, Reviews: 3 Updated: 12-17-06, Published: 12-17-06
Status: Complete

Sie war mein Alles und nun ist sie tot.

The bottom of the stairs

2006-12-07T03:27:35-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 61, Reviews: 3 Updated: 12-7-06, Published: 12-7-06
Status: Complete

There comes a moment when you stop fighting, or hoping.

Ghost love

2006-12-03T00:59:50-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 45, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-3-06, Published: 12-3-06
Status: Complete

Our relationship.

Careless words

2006-11-21T03:46:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 101, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-21-06, Published: 11-21-06
Status: Complete

... can do so much damage.

Fallen lassen

2006-11-19T02:09:12-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 80, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-19-06, Published: 11-19-06
Status: Complete

Hmm ... ziemlich erotisch ... und ziemlich traurig. Ein modernes Sonett.

November

2006-11-13T13:46:32-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 7 Updated: 11-13-06, Published: 11-13-06
Status: Complete

A sonnet which I hope need never come true.

Who laughs last

2006-10-21T02:13:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 203, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-21-06, Published: 10-21-06
Status: Complete

Suspicions and anger. The way some things might have been though I can never prove it.

The Grey Lady

2006-08-11T03:06:25-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Supernatural
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Fantasy/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,030, Reviews: 3 Updated: 8-11-06, Published: 8-11-06
Status: Complete

A fictitious encounter with a ghost, based on the legend of the Grey Lady of Inveraray.

Bed of broken dreams

2006-07-23T09:23:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 109, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-23-06, Published: 7-23-06
Status: Complete

No rose without a thorn ...

Der Dichter

2006-07-01T00:45:04-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 107, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-1-06, Published: 7-1-06
Status: Complete

Könnte Byron sein ... könnte Lenau sein ... könnten viele sein ...

Safety

2006-06-28T10:13:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Spiritual
Chapters: 9, Words: 282, Reviews: 43 Updated: 6-28-06, Published: 11-27-04
Status: In-Progress

There isn't really an exact English word for German “Geborgenheit” ... Seven tiny haikus and a tanka on dormice and the like, with a deeper message behind them.

Friendship

2006-04-15T01:49:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 29, Words: 682, Reviews: 125 Updated: 4-15-06, Published: 6-20-04
Status: Complete

29 haikus exploring the essence of friendship. This collection in its entirety is dedicated to my best friend.

Zerrissen

2006-04-06T02:47:29-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 96, Reviews: 9 Updated: 4-6-06, Published: 4-6-06
Status: Complete

“I can't live with or without you” [U2]. Anklänge an Catull carmen 85.

Black rose of death

2006-03-31T00:56:48-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 264, Reviews: 7 Updated: 3-31-06, Published: 3-31-06
Status: Complete

“Black rose of death, In my fist I clutch, Thorns shred my finger tips, And drips toxic blood” [Green Day]. This takes Green Day's song “Rotting” as a starting point and model but changes its message.

Everything changes

2006-03-06T10:36:08-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 3, Words: 256, Reviews: 11 Updated: 3-6-06, Published: 3-4-06
Status: Complete

Accepting the inevitable. Translations of three older German poems of mine that were written at a crucial point in my life.

Lifeline

2006-02-10T13:54:01-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 91, Reviews: 5 Updated: 2-10-06, Published: 2-10-06
Status: Complete

Please save me from myself! [SI]

Volcano

2006-02-10T01:41:53-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-10-06, Published: 2-9-06
Status: Complete

After the volcano eruptions of life, when nothing seems to be left but death and destruction, there are some tender green sprouts beneath the surface, waiting to come forth.

Hollow

2006-02-10T01:41:31-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 6 Updated: 2-10-06, Published: 2-9-06
Status: Complete

Empty inside.

Definition

2006-01-28T10:24:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 7 Updated: 1-28-06, Published: 12-25-05
Status: Complete

Eine kleine Geschichte, die ich in der Weihnachtsnacht träumte.

Sie

2006-01-28T10:24:11-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 2 Updated: 1-28-06, Published: 11-23-05
Status: Complete

Ich kann ihnen nicht entkommen.

Hoffnung

2006-01-28T10:23:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 142, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-28-06, Published: 11-22-05
Status: Complete

“Ónen iEstel Edain, úchebin estel anim.” [“Ich gab den Menschen Hoffnung. Ich behielt keine Hoffnung für mich.”]

Cuncta fluunt

2006-01-28T10:22:21-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 4, Words: 336, Reviews: 6 Updated: 1-28-06, Published: 11-18-05
Status: Complete

Alles verändert sich. Drei Gedichte über die heilende Akzeptanz des Unvermeidlichen.

Earendil

2005-11-12T08:09:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 58, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-12-05, Published: 11-12-05
Status: Complete

Licht in tiefster Dunkelheit.

Engel

2005-11-12T04:22:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 81, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-12-05, Published: 11-10-05
Status: Complete

Bitte an einen Schutzengel

Angel

2005-11-12T04:21:43-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 86, Reviews: 11 Updated: 11-12-05, Published: 11-10-05
Status: Complete

Show her God's love – better than I did.

Blessed

2005-11-12T04:20:40-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 50, Reviews: 14 Updated: 11-12-05, Published: 11-9-05
Status: Complete

Farewell, my friend – and thank you.

Kampf

2005-11-12T03:49:45-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 65, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-12-05, Published: 11-12-05
Status: Complete

Es ist so schwer zu kämpfen ...

Sonnenstrahl

2005-10-15T12:15:57-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 40, Reviews: 6 Updated: 10-15-05, Published: 10-15-05
Status: Complete

Wie ein Sonnenstrahl kamst du in mein Leben. Wie ein Sonnenstrahl bist du wieder gegangen.

Flüssige Diamanten

2005-10-15T12:14:18-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 24, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-15-05, Published: 10-15-05
Status: Complete

Die Momente mit dir.

The real thing

2005-08-29T07:06:21-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 141, Reviews: 19 Updated: 8-29-05, Published: 8-29-05
Status: Complete

“Beauty for ashes”, joy instead of depression.

See through

2005-07-15T13:16:28-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 72, Reviews: 17 Updated: 7-15-05, Published: 7-15-05
Status: Complete

Know me.

Vorwärts

2005-07-14T10:09:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 91, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-14-05, Published: 7-14-05
Status: Complete

Schau nicht zurück. Geh nicht zurück.

Unter den schattigen Zweigen der Weide

2005-06-24T11:22:04-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 107, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-24-05, Published: 6-24-05
Status: Complete

Der Moment ist zu schön, um ihn alleine zu genießen.

Wieder einmal

2005-06-23T00:14:53-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 47, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-23-05, Published: 6-23-05
Status: Complete

... dachte ich, du magst mich nicht mehr ... Ein Gedicht über Trost.

Counteraction

2005-06-20T03:45:13-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 3, Words: 105, Reviews: 33 Updated: 6-20-05, Published: 5-27-05
Status: Complete

I want to undo their mocking stares, and counteract all rejection. Three separate poems.

Question

2005-06-17T11:38:16-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 34, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-17-05, Published: 6-17-05
Status: Complete

Meterhohe Erde

2005-06-09T12:37:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-9-05, Published: 6-9-05
Status: Complete

Fiktives Gedicht über den Tod einer geliebten Person.

Photographs

2005-06-09T12:34:20-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-9-05, Published: 6-9-05
Status: Complete

Memories rise like gall ... memories of hated people ... memories of the girl I used to be.

Cryptic

2005-06-05T02:53:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 5-19-05
Status: Complete

I wish I could just speak directly. I wish I could just speak.

Relentless

2005-06-05T02:45:24-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 2, Words: 251, Reviews: 20 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 5-26-04
Status: Complete

“Love always perseveres.” [1 Cor. 13:7]. A Love that never gives up, hurling itself towards pain. Two separate poems. [The first one was originally written for a certain satanist band, but it might apply to anyone.]

Siehst du?

2005-06-05T02:40:32-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 5-14-05
Status: Complete

Was siehst du in mir? Was siehst du von mir?

Rabendämmerung

2005-06-05T02:40:12-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 98, Reviews: 2 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 5-14-05
Status: Complete

Ein Villanelle über den Tod.

Kirschblüten

2005-06-05T02:39:53-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 2, Words: 155, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-25-05
Status: Complete

Todessehnsucht und gleichzeitig Trauer um die Vergänglichkeit alles Schönen.

When the mirror lashes out

2005-06-05T02:39:37-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 32, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-24-05
Status: Complete

Where can you turn when you hate yourself?

Veilchen

2005-06-05T02:39:16-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 56, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Vergänglichkeit ... Vergeblichkeit ...

Unkrautsblumen

2005-06-05T02:39:00-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Gedanken über die Liebe.

A Tear

2005-06-05T02:38:25-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 63, Reviews: 16 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Compassion ...

Vogel und Baum

2005-06-05T02:38:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 116, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Wahre Liebe heißt loslassen können ...

Seerose

2005-06-05T02:37:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 87, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-17-05
Status: Complete

Ich habe Angst, dich zu verlieren ...

Immer wenn

2005-06-05T02:36:09-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 98, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-12-05
Status: Complete

... es dir schlecht geht, möchte ich bei dir sein.

Scherben

2005-06-05T02:35:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 70, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-8-05
Status: Complete

Aus Zerbrochenheit Neubeginn.

Footprints in the snow

2005-06-05T02:33:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-6-05
Status: Complete

The tiny footprints of a squirrel ... it's about the strength of friendship, how love proves stronger than hurt feelings, and about the beginning of trust.

Safety net of love

2005-06-05T02:33:23-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-6-05
Status: Complete

Unwittingly, we hurt each other – yet underneath will always be this safety net of love.

See me

2005-06-05T02:33:08-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 104, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-6-05
Status: Complete

A man killed himself out of love for a woman, and now his ghost haunts her place in order to seek forgiveness and acceptance so he can find rest.

Lüge

2005-06-05T02:32:44-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 133, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 3-6-05
Status: Complete

Ein altes Gedicht, dessen Ende ich neulich umgearbeitet habe. SVV Thematik.

Reasons

2005-06-05T02:32:15-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 110, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 2-26-05
Status: Complete

“My feelings are roses, hidden beneath the surface of a dark and lonely pool.” Our rational faculties can analyze our emotions and inner urges only up to a certain point.

Schneegedanken

2005-06-05T02:31:36-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 78, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 2-19-05
Status: Complete

Ich habe den Schnee beobachtet und meine Fantasie fliegen lassen, wohin sie wollte ...

Your name

2005-06-05T02:30:26-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 14, Words: 381, Reviews: 77 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-9-04
Status: Complete

Some people tattoo names into their skin. Others have similar ideas ...

Hedgehog

2005-06-05T02:27:44-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 77, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 1-31-05
Status: Complete

No more pain to fall on me – but it doesn't work.

Säureküsse

2005-06-05T02:27:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 98, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 1-31-05
Status: Complete

Traurig. Und morbid.

Dwarf and Lady

2005-06-05T01:49:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 2, Words: 262, Reviews: 18 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 1-15-05
Status: Complete

After all he did, he doesn't deserve to lick the dirt off your shoes. How he can still hold you spellbound – that unravels my heart! [Two separate poems.]

The things that really matter

2005-06-05T01:49:07-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 55, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 1-12-05
Status: Complete

A short simple poemlet, about realizing what really matters to me.

When the pictures come

2005-06-05T01:48:30-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 292, Reviews: 14 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-30-04
Status: Complete

Sexual abuse and the consequences. I'm sorry for the details, but time has come to strip the memories of their power by bringing them to the light and subjecting them to the written word.

Feathers

2005-06-05T01:48:11-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 184, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-29-04
Status: Complete

Whenever I think of you, I think of feathers ...

Roses and Snow

2005-06-05T01:47:44-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 5, Words: 100, Reviews: 48 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-28-04
Status: Complete

White and red, pain and beauty, suffering and solace. A collection of five haikus.

Gutenachtgebet

2005-06-05T01:45:58-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 43, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-27-04
Status: Complete

Kurzes depressives Gedicht übers Einschlafen, der Titel ist im Verhältnis zum Inhalt fast ironisch. Vielleicht fühlt sich jeder manchmal so.

Vampire

2005-06-05T01:45:31-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Horror/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 113, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-27-04
Status: Complete

A crazy piece, sparked by a weird nightmare which in turn was prompted by Subway to Sally’s CD “Herzblut”.

Answering Screams

2005-06-05T01:44:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-23-04
Status: Complete

A translation of my German poem “Antwortschreie”. It's a reply to one of the most haunting SI poems I have ever read.

Antwortschreie

2005-06-05T01:43:29-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-23-04
Status: Complete

- - -

Delicate beauty

2005-06-05T01:43:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 203, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-21-04
Status: Complete

“Tenderness washes over me, your delicate beauty's so plain to see.” A Kiwinelle. I'll explain inside what that is.

If death was here

2005-06-05T01:42:47-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 168, Reviews: 16 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-19-04
Status: Complete

Just a short and rather simple song about feeling useless and unwanted.

So Weak

2005-06-05T01:42:33-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 144, Reviews: 15 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-19-04
Status: Complete

I wish I was stronger, for you.

Angel hair and clotted blood

2005-06-05T01:42:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 227, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-18-04
Status: Complete

In a way, it's very similar to my poem “Pastel Birds and Dark Red Cuts”. Just read it, I cannot summarize this.

Ferocious

2005-06-05T01:41:48-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-15-04
Status: Complete

Don't you dare use her ... don't you dare hurt her ... don't you dare break her heart! Um ... yeah ... some fears I had to vent.

Federn

2005-06-05T01:41:25-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-11-04
Status: Complete

Du schläfst ...

Die Rose im Eis

2005-06-05T01:40:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 203, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-4-04
Status: Complete

Ich kann sie nicht befreien ...

Wäre die Hoffnung ein Stern

2005-06-05T01:39:57-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 153, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-3-04
Status: Complete

... ich wollte ihn dir zu Füßen legen, wenn ich es könnte.

Pastel birds and dark red cuts

2005-06-05T01:39:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 173, Reviews: 15 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 12-2-04
Status: Complete

Hmm ... let the title and the poem speak for themselves.

Asche im Wind

2005-06-05T01:34:58-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 62, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

Ich fühle mich so leicht ...

Libido

2005-06-05T01:34:41-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 147, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

“Sexual desire”. Why sex can be a very depressing topic for some people ...

Solace

2005-06-05T01:34:18-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 33, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-5-05, Published: 11-17-04
Status: Complete

“Let me drink your tears ...” Solace – one of my favourite words. An acrostic.

Crossroads

2005-06-04T06:42:59-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 256, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 11-17-04
Status: Complete

My journey through a metaphorical November landscape. One of my best as far as imagery and atmosphere are concerned. Positive ending, but partly SI content – though the metaphors might be too encoded for anyone to grasp it's about cutting or not cutting.

Nebel

2005-06-04T06:42:34-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 164, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 11-16-04
Status: Complete

Novembergedanken ...

Paradox

2005-06-04T06:41:57-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 131, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 11-8-04
Status: Complete

Hilflos ...

Du schaust hin

2005-06-04T06:40:57-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 207, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-18-04
Status: Complete

Endlich mal wieder ein positives Gedicht von mir. Heilender Trost ...

Behind the cloudy veil

2005-06-04T06:39:59-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 88, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

I wish the sun could reach me, and penetrate this veil of pain ...

I could

2005-06-04T06:39:33-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-7-04
Status: Complete

I cannot sum up this one. If agony is one of your favourite words, just go and read it.

Hope

2005-06-04T06:39:05-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 26, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-7-04
Status: Complete

An acrostic on hope. It could be seen as an answer to my poem “Rebel Child”.

Rebel Child

2005-06-04T06:38:34-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 167, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-7-04
Status: Complete

“Am I too lost to be saved?” [Evanescence, Tourniquet]

Verwundeter Vogel

2005-06-04T06:38:05-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 82, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-6-04
Status: Complete

Liebst du mich auch, wenn ich schwach bin?

Just a dream?

2005-06-04T06:37:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 170, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-6-04
Status: Complete

A dream I had last night ...

Wie ein Kristall

2005-06-04T06:37:12-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 86, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-5-04
Status: Complete

Sehnsucht ist wie ein Kristall ...

The dark side

2005-06-04T06:36:45-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 188, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-1-04
Status: Complete

Selfhate, selfreproach, a deep sense of loneliness and rejection – and a yearning to be understood, accepted and loved with all the dark sides. Some explanations for SI.

With me when I die

2005-06-04T06:36:13-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 176, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 10-1-04
Status: Complete

Will you be with me when I die? A villanelle.

How slow I have been

2005-06-04T06:35:23-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-28-04
Status: Complete

Appearances are not always what they seem. “Silence can be the opposite of nothing.” And I have been much too slow to discover that ...

Jealousy

2005-06-04T06:34:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 2, Words: 226, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 5-25-04
Status: Complete

A monster I sometimes still have to battle. I hate it when I feel that way, and I never want to let it get the upper hand. Two separate poems.

Today

2005-06-04T06:33:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 144, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-23-04
Status: Complete

Today ... let me say that I need you.

Beyond the void

2005-06-04T06:33:20-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 68, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-20-04
Status: Complete

Sometimes, the bleak familiarity of the void can be a comfort. But Love is loth to leave us there … An acrostic for a fellow poetess and friend.

The scars on your legs

2005-06-04T04:14:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 2, Words: 477, Reviews: 17 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-10-04
Status: Complete

“I can no longer share it, your living poetry of pain.”

Thorns

2005-06-04T04:12:48-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 261, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-12-04
Status: Complete

As much a praise of friendship as a lamentation over my tendency to spoil everything.

The wounded girl inside of me

2005-06-04T04:12:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 262, Reviews: 15 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-11-04
Status: Complete

In the dark of the night they find me – memories of abuse.

Glass

2005-06-04T04:11:28-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 176, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-9-04
Status: Complete

Butterfly against my windowpane – glass can be so cruel. [Rated T for topic of cutting.]

Illiterate

2005-06-04T04:10:53-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 132, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 9-7-04
Status: Complete

Someone called my friend's SI scars ugly. I better won't repeat the exact words. That someone is – a therapist! Need I say more?

Rest Your Head

2005-06-04T03:48:38-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 2, Words: 336, Reviews: 22 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 8-24-04
Status: Complete

The beauty of a moment, magnified by recollection. A modern poem and a villanelle.

You stood at my door

2004-08-10T03:01:04-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 11 Updated: 8-10-04, Published: 8-10-04
Status: Complete

Is it a ballad?

Mantle

2004-07-28T01:44:59-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 3, Words: 118, Reviews: 18 Updated: 7-28-04, Published: 7-27-04
Status: Complete

If I could shapeshift, I'd be a cloak of protection around you, to shelter you from all harm.

Razor Touch

2004-07-27T03:20:51-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 2, Words: 213, Reviews: 34 Updated: 7-27-04, Published: 7-14-04
Status: Complete

A cutter's prayer, though some may find it weird ... Chapter 2 is a different poem on the same topic.

Loyalty

2004-07-24T04:50:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-24-04, Published: 7-24-04
Status: Complete

An acrostic. [If you don't know what that is, have a look at the first letter of each line.]

See the Eyes

2004-07-24T04:43:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-24-04, Published: 7-24-04
Status: Complete

Reflections on a picture of Amy Lee [Evanescence] drawn for me by my friend from a poster.

Treue

2004-07-24T04:20:55-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 14, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-24-04, Published: 7-24-04
Status: Complete

Ein Akrostichon. [Wer nicht weiß, was das ist: Man beachte die Anfangsbuchstaben jeder Zeile.]

Unicorn

2004-07-23T04:17:43-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 240, Reviews: 12 Updated: 7-23-04, Published: 7-23-04
Status: Complete

The medieval legend of the unicorn, that lays its head in the lap of a pure woman, taken onto a metaphorical level. Deals with the loss of innocence, sexual abuse implied. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out who the speaker is ...

Unsichtbar

2004-07-18T09:33:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 122, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-18-04, Published: 7-18-04
Status: Complete

Du fühlst dich unbeachtet und keiner scheint dich zu sehen – doch für Einen bist du niemals unsichtbar.

Great Words

2004-07-18T09:27:35-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 173, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-18-04, Published: 7-18-04
Status: Complete

My best friend's socalled best friend suddenly had another best friend ... complicated? At bottom this poem is an offer and pledge of loyal friendship.

A cut for each mistake

2004-07-09T09:43:35-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 63, Reviews: 11 Updated: 7-9-04, Published: 7-9-04
Status: Complete

Title says it. Rated T for use of the fword and content, obviously.

Fehler

2004-07-07T08:50:06-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 92, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-7-04, Published: 7-7-04
Status: Complete

Warum mache ich sie immer wieder?

Burst of Colour

2004-06-25T10:47:14-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 164, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-25-04, Published: 6-25-04
Status: Complete

... that is your smile ... The first poem I wrote for my best friend.

Abschied

2004-06-20T10:14:09-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 2, Words: 105, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-20-04, Published: 6-20-04
Status: Complete

Zwei kurze Gedichte über Abschied.

Ars Poetica

2004-06-19T11:17:41-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Work
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 307, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

This should go under the category of Literature if there was one ... Why do I write poetry? What do I want to achieve with my poems, what should they be like? What is my Ars Poetica, my credo for writing?

STC

2004-06-19T11:16:40-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 2, Words: 720, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

A tribute to the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ch. 1 is a short version dealing only with his “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. Ch. 2 additionally explores his life of suffering and addiction, which shaped him into the compassionate person he was.

My soul Magdalene

2004-06-19T11:13:18-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 176, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

My whoring soul returns once more ...

Celtic longing

2004-06-19T10:50:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 3, Words: 357, Reviews: 15 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

Three older poems. “The Irish Hermits”: the impossibility to go back in time. “Eirinn”: A declaration of love to Ireland, personified as a woman. “When I walk ...”: My fascination with the ancient Celts, especially strong in autumn, the season of longing.

Imagist pieces

2004-06-19T10:35:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 2, Words: 136, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-17-04
Status: Complete

Two short imagist poems. One is a sonnet on lichen, the other a snapshot of the landscape of Vermont.

Daybreak

2004-06-19T08:27:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

Trying to get over a broken relationship. In a broader sense, leaving behind the sickly illusions of the past and moving on into life. A sonnet written some years ago.

Virgilius

2004-06-19T04:52:28-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 506, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-19-04, Published: 6-19-04
Status: Complete

A tribute to the Latin poet Virgil. At core, his Aeneid and his other works were a plea for peace.

Crop Failure

2004-06-17T10:46:50-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Work
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 175, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-17-04, Published: 6-17-04
Status: Complete

A poem about my brother. I could also say, a poem about unemployment.

Dun Laoghaire

2004-06-16T09:54:12-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 294, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-16-04, Published: 6-16-04
Status: Complete

An Irish affair ... Another older poem of mine.

Veiled Mists

2004-06-15T00:57:54-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 276, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-15-04, Published: 6-15-04
Status: Complete

Driven by an indefinable yearning, you search and seek, and don't even know what you are longing for. A very old poem of mine. And my only song that has actually been played by a band so far.

Meant Forever

2004-06-12T03:54:55-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 126, Reviews: 9 Updated: 6-12-04, Published: 6-12-04
Status: Complete

I cannot sum this up. Suffice it to say that I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Oh, and it's supposed to be a song.

Balrog

2004-06-12T02:49:07-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 151, Reviews: 1 Updated: 6-12-04, Published: 6-12-04
Status: Complete

Der dunkle Feuerdämon aus Tolkiens Herr der Ringe, mit dem Gandalf in den Tiefen der Erde kämpft. Für mich ist er zum Symbol für Depression geworden.

Mehr als Worte sagen können

2004-06-05T14:38:52-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-5-04, Published: 6-5-04
Status: Complete

Dein zarter Trost.

Questions

2004-06-05T02:26:59-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 72, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-5-04, Published: 6-5-04
Status: Complete

“They sting my mind, they burn my soul” ... A translation of my German poem “Fragen”.

Fragen

2004-06-05T00:08:34-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-5-04, Published: 6-5-04
Status: Complete

Sie brennen mir auf der Seele, doch ich wage es nicht sie zu äußern ... aus Angst, dich zu verlieren.

Namenloser Schmerz

2004-06-01T09:52:57-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: German, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 134, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-1-04, Published: 6-1-04
Status: Complete

Ein Villanelle, das versucht, die namenlose Trauer zu fassen, die man so mit Depression bezeichnet.

Red Cloak

2004-05-20T04:38:19-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 91, Reviews: 13 Updated: 5-20-04, Published: 5-20-04
Status: Complete

After selfinjury, feeling small, fragile, vulnerable, exposed – till Someone comes and covers me.

Emotional MakeUp

2004-05-11T03:45:01-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 71, Reviews: 17 Updated: 5-11-04, Published: 5-11-04
Status: Complete

Before I go out to meet the world, must I put on my emotional makeup?

That tender tone in your voice

2004-05-07T11:42:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 33, Reviews: 6 Updated: 5-7-04, Published: 5-7-04
Status: Complete

Unexpected kindness from someone who means so much. One of my rare efforts at writing an imagist poem. [And one of my rare 'happy' poems.]

Butterfly

2004-05-07T03:08:13-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 51, Reviews: 11 Updated: 5-7-04, Published: 5-7-04
Status: Complete

How I wish I could ... unfold my wings ... dare to trust ...

Flagellated

2004-04-29T00:21:59-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 186, Reviews: 6 Updated: 4-29-04, Published: 4-29-04
Status: Complete

My dreams a heap of broken ashes at my feet. My mistakes the spikes and splinters on this scourge of selfhate. My heart is flagellated ...

Shards

2004-04-18T11:59:36-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 140, Reviews: 13 Updated: 4-18-04, Published: 4-18-04
Status: Complete

Selfhate, selfhate, selfhate. [Rated for use of the fword and other reasons, I guess.]

Fear of Loss

2004-04-17T13:58:26-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 165, Reviews: 7 Updated: 4-17-04, Published: 4-17-04
Status: Complete

A villanelle. Once again afraid of having lost my most important friendship, through mistakes I have made.

Need

2004-04-17T06:28:32-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 102, Reviews: 7 Updated: 4-17-04, Published: 4-17-04
Status: Complete

I want to love unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. But sometimes I am so weak, and need screams within me ...

Crimson lines

2004-04-12T14:06:03-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 2, Words: 269, Reviews: 21 Updated: 4-12-04, Published: 4-12-04
Status: Complete

Lines as in poetry. Lines as in skin. More than anything, this is an expression of unwavering, unconditional, devoted friendship. The second version is an attempt at visual poetry.

Demons of the Deep

2004-04-01T03:43:16-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 9 Updated: 4-1-04, Published: 4-1-04
Status: Complete

Think of them as a mixture between Tolkien's Balrogs and Black Riders. For me, they have become a symbol of depression.

Missing

2004-04-01T01:36:34-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 8 Updated: 4-1-04, Published: 4-1-04
Status: Complete

How can a heart be stabbed by three little words that are missing?

Nicht Ungehört

2004-03-30T14:08:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: German, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 131, Reviews: 2 Updated: 3-30-04, Published: 3-30-04
Status: Complete

Deine Wunden ... deine Narben ... deine stummen Hilfeschreie – sie verklingen nicht ungehört.

October Cloaked the Rose in Ashes

2004-03-27T03:03:15-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 125, Reviews: 7 Updated: 3-27-04, Published: 3-27-04
Status: Complete

Mourning. Afraid of having lost the friendship that means most to me. And hating myself for the mistakes I have made.

Love

2004-03-27T02:59:45-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 112, Reviews: 5 Updated: 3-27-04, Published: 3-27-04
Status: Complete

How can true love reach someone who has been abused under the semblance of love?

This White Cloth

2004-03-26T01:32:07-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 84, Reviews: 4 Updated: 3-26-04, Published: 3-26-04
Status: Complete

It holds her blood. It holds my tears. Wish both were mine, if hers my hope.

Scarmarked heart

2004-03-24T00:53:56-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 262, Reviews: 7 Updated: 3-24-04, Published: 3-24-04
Status: Complete

How painful experiences have shaped me and given me a passionate heart for others with the same wounds. Good out of evil, purpose out of pain.

The rage burns on inside my soul

2004-03-23T04:21:15-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 213, Reviews: 10 Updated: 3-23-04, Published: 3-23-04
Status: Complete

A villanelle. I haven’t felt real, fierce, lasting hatred for a long time, since I’ve been able to forgive all those who’ve abused me. But – he hurt YOU!

Doubts

2004-03-22T03:41:00-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 4, Words: 472, Reviews: 16 Updated: 3-22-04, Published: 3-22-04
Status: Complete

Please do not leave me, for what would remain? A series of four interrelated sonnets.

Crimson

2004-03-17T02:58:32-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 82, Reviews: 16 Updated: 3-17-04, Published: 3-17-04
Status: Complete

To me, this is the most important poem I have ever written. Ah, and the speaker is supposed to be Someone other than myself ...

Libera Voluntas

2004-03-12T05:38:41-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 148, Reviews: 4 Updated: 3-12-04, Published: 3-12-04
Status: Complete

The helplessness of having to watch someone you love “poised between heaven and hell” – and watch is all you can do, because the choices are not yours to make.

No Tear Unheeded

2004-03-12T05:36:14-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 156, Reviews: 11 Updated: 3-12-04, Published: 3-12-04
Status: Complete

In a moment of extreme despair, I had a vision of Jesus with his legs covered in cuts – the same cuts that I had seen on my friend's legs, haunting me with her pain.

My fault

2004-03-12T03:06:02-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 78, Reviews: 13 Updated: 3-12-04, Published: 3-12-04
Status: Complete

How do you feel when your hopes have crumbled to dust – and you are the one to blame?

Sombre Romantic

2004-03-12T01:30:07-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 159, Reviews: 9 Updated: 3-12-04, Published: 3-12-04
Status: Complete

Inspired by Virgin Black's CD with the same title, and especially the last two lines of their song “Lamenting Kiss” : “My God of darkness, my sombre romantic” .

Caress your arm

2004-03-11T04:59:39-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 159, Reviews: 16 Updated: 3-11-04, Published: 3-11-04
Status: Complete

Scarred but beautiful ... well, this is about the arms I care for most in this world, and this poem means too much to me to say anything else about it by way of introduction.

Not Unheard

2004-03-10T02:37:46-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 16 Updated: 3-10-04, Published: 3-10-04
Status: Complete

Your silent cries, carved red in white – they do not go unheard.

The Unicorn

2004-03-04T07:06:45-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Mythology
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,382, Reviews: 45 Updated: 3-4-04, Published: 3-4-04
Status: Complete

A young woman alone in a forest, on a quest she does not even believe in herself. Will there be a wonder for her or only a life of crimson tears? It is difficult to categorize this, but lets call it a kind of parable on hope in the midst of pain.

Snow

2004-03-02T04:43:01-08:00

Author: Eirien
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 135, Reviews: 17 Updated: 3-2-04, Published: 3-2-04
Status: Complete

White – in some cultures the colour of mourning ... A poem about depression, death – and snow.