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Sleep

2009-10-29T22:50:37-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 156, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-29-09, Published: 10-29-09
Status: In-Progress

Strange-kind-of-love.

Context

2009-10-28T22:39:13-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Mystery/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 179, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-28-09, Published: 10-28-09
Status: In-Progress

I could write nine symphonies on one deaf ear.

Home

2009-10-22T21:25:53-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 118, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-22-09, Published: 10-22-09
Status: In-Progress

Home is a feeling I buried in you. An entranced prayer.

The New Year

2009-09-28T23:05:50-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 214, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-28-09, Published: 9-28-09
Status: Complete

I believe in new leaves from withered trees on Rosh Hashanah it is written; on Yom Kippur it is sealed .

Sundays

2009-06-11T13:27:04-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 154, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-11-09, Published: 6-11-09
Status: In-Progress

The clocks tick backwards here.

The People Who Stay

2009-06-07T22:39:18-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Adventure/Mystery
Chapters: 2, Words: 356, Reviews: 2 Updated: 6-7-09, Published: 3-22-09
Status: In-Progress

There are those that leave and those that never leave you. A multi-sectioned work.

Double Espresso

2009-06-05T00:09:18-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Parody
Chapters: 2, Words: 1,700, Reviews: 0 Updated: 6-5-09, Published: 6-4-09
Status: In-Progress

You could say we’re a modern-day Romeo and Juliet. Well, there would be some exceptions. Romeo never got his head stuck in a drive-through window, and Juliet definitely didn’t deliver her balcony speech in a nauseatingly sappy way at a poetry reading.

Retrospect

2009-06-04T23:24:42-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 121, Reviews: 2 Updated: 6-4-09, Published: 6-4-09
Status: In-Progress

It's a night of false jewels, of preparation and perception.

And So She Falls

2009-05-18T18:47:22-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-18-09, Published: 5-18-09
Status: In-Progress

Inspired by A Softer World's "I'd rather die terrified than live forever."

Clocks

2009-03-22T14:30:58-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Suspense/Mystery
Chapters: 2, Words: 303, Reviews: 2 Updated: 3-22-09, Published: 3-19-09
Status: In-Progress

Experiment in Style: Villanelle and Sonnet.

The Day the Language Died

2009-01-23T17:19:56-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Sci-Fi
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,230, Reviews: 4 Updated: 1-23-09, Published: 1-23-09
Status: In-Progress

A dystopian short story a la Fahrenheit 451. When letters replace syllables and syllables replace words, where has all the language gone?

Let It Fall

2009-01-23T17:00:55-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 298, Reviews: 1 Updated: 1-23-09, Published: 1-23-09
Status: In-Progress

You used to sing until you lost your voice.

More Than Words

2009-01-06T13:49:23-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 262, Reviews: 4 Updated: 1-6-09, Published: 1-6-09
Status: In-Progress

I was there the day passion died, but you are more than words.

Certainty

2008-12-21T21:42:13-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Romance
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Mystery/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 606, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-21-08, Published: 12-21-08
Status: In-Progress

Matter is nothing but scientific measurement, hard proof, certain things. Funny that that’s how we define what “matters.”

Continuum

2008-12-16T21:00:27-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 160, Reviews: 7 Updated: 12-16-08, Published: 12-16-08
Status: In-Progress

Spontaneously generated fission.

Chasing Shadows

2008-12-16T20:57:14-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Supernatural/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 159, Reviews: 1 Updated: 12-16-08, Published: 12-16-08
Status: In-Progress

What's the reason in reason?

Are You Nervous?

2008-11-27T23:39:35-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Romance
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 859, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-27-08, Published: 11-27-08
Status: In-Progress

We were pushing our luck and pushing our boundaries, with a million chances to turn back. A million chances we wouldn't take.

Black Coffee

2008-11-15T23:17:50-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 65, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-15-08, Published: 11-15-08
Status: In-Progress

You say I'm acerbic...

The Dawning of a Soul

2008-09-14T18:51:19-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 721, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-14-08, Published: 9-14-08
Status: In-Progress

On Music. The title is the title of a Wind Ensemble piece. From that moment on, we were musicians.

For Once

2008-09-13T17:04:23-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,593, Reviews: 1 Updated: 9-13-08, Published: 9-13-08
Status: Complete

The unknowingly sexy, nerdy, unconfident English 101 professor meets the confident, unknowingly nerdy and sappy Andi at a party. For once, they both go a little outside their usual confines.

Something Real

2008-09-10T21:02:04-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-10-08, Published: 9-10-08
Status: Complete

You'll say it once but never twice.

Optimist

2008-06-18T18:51:58-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 240, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-18-08, Published: 6-18-08
Status: In-Progress

Because you cut out headlines so they read your way.

Emerald Eyes

2007-10-24T20:09:40-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 204, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-24-07, Published: 10-24-07
Status: In-Progress

I'm setting myself up for disaster and loving every minute of it. I think we call this infatuation...

Scrabble

2007-10-14T19:43:13-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 590, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-14-07, Published: 10-14-07
Status: Complete

You're strategic I'm not. Are we playing Scrabble or are we playing Love?

Marco Polo

2007-09-27T15:24:31-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 620, Reviews: 5 Updated: 9-27-07, Published: 9-27-07
Status: In-Progress

I know where you are, but I can't find you. That was the day when I figured it all out.

The New World

2007-09-26T17:58:36-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 342, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-26-07, Published: 9-26-07
Status: Complete

[college essay] Based off Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Anniversary Adversary

2007-09-23T12:46:13-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 145, Reviews: 7 Updated: 9-23-07, Published: 9-23-07
Status: Complete

Not your typical Love Poem. i.e: not nausiatingly sappy, more in a prose format but doesn't really fit in under the Fiction category. I hate anniverseries. I love you.

Sixteen

2007-03-09T14:16:42-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 746, Reviews: 6 Updated: 3-9-07, Published: 3-9-07
Status: Complete

...I brushed the last crispy leaf off my heart... [Personal Narrative]

Pressure

2007-02-21T17:06:13-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,243, Reviews: 5 Updated: 2-21-07, Published: 2-21-07
Status: In-Progress

Cliques conjealed like the JellO in our lunchboxes. [personal narrative]

Three Words

2007-02-12T19:33:03-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 89, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-12-07, Published: 2-12-07
Status: Complete

[being in love is all too easy, but loving someone is not]

Love Poems

2007-02-12T13:47:29-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 2, Words: 418, Reviews: 10 Updated: 2-12-07, Published: 1-15-07
Status: Complete

[we wrote love poems on the palms of our hands & shook] Edit added second chapter.

Hero

2007-01-11T15:10:48-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 443, Reviews: 6 Updated: 1-11-07, Published: 1-11-07
Status: Complete

Sometimes silence speaks the loudest.

Shades of Grey

2006-12-19T17:06:52-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 174, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-19-06, Published: 12-19-06
Status: Complete

you can see the world all the more clearly in shades of grey. [dancing in the rain]

Breath

2006-12-15T14:50:46-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 142, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-15-06, Published: 12-15-06
Status: In-Progress

augmented melodies had always been music to my ears. why, you ask? because they resolve.

BlackHeart

2006-12-14T17:58:12-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Horror
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Adventure
Chapters: 15, Words: 16,913, Reviews: 64 Updated: 12-14-06, Published: 7-10-06
Status: In-Progress

[REVISIONS: Through Chapter 2] Eryn, captured by a mysterious stranger, has been tossed into the web of secrets, lies, love, & power that is the world of vampires. What's a girl to do when love runs deep and lies run deeper?

simplicity

2006-12-03T19:08:33-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 177, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-3-06, Published: 12-3-06
Status: Complete

I had once upon a time in my eyes and you had the end...

I Questioned Questioning Homosexuality

2006-11-27T14:31:24-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 2, Words: 1,025, Reviews: 11 Updated: 11-27-06, Published: 11-27-06
Status: Complete

Billboards glorify this gay therapy, supposedly giving hope that change is possible. I beg to differ. Attempts at change are different for every person, and there is much evidence to show that change is harmful. Flamers will be beaten with cooked macaroni

Gone

2006-11-14T14:08:09-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 130, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-14-06, Published: 11-14-06
Status: In-Progress

...the youth of us is dying, dying to be gone...

To Correct and to Serve: On the Art of Reviews

2006-11-07T17:13:10-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,159, Reviews: 9 Updated: 11-7-06, Published: 11-7-06
Status: Complete

A humerous guide to reviewing and being reviewed.

Traffic Lights

2006-10-24T19:08:30-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 95, Reviews: 6 Updated: 10-24-06, Published: 10-24-06
Status: In-Progress

time is eternal but nothing is forever.

Intoxication

2006-10-07T12:04:50-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 6 Updated: 10-7-06, Published: 10-7-06
Status: Complete

there's panic hiding in the rosebushes...

crushed

2006-08-30T14:24:17-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Tragedy/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 52, Reviews: 3 Updated: 8-30-06, Published: 8-30-06
Status: Complete

...please don't tell me it was just a crush...Rated to be safe. Reviews: you know the drill. YouMe

Getaway

2006-08-17T12:10:12-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 64, Reviews: 3 Updated: 8-17-06, Published: 8-17-06
Status: Complete

...the right lane merges just south of happy ending...

Catalyst

2006-08-14T07:49:36-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 58, Reviews: 3 Updated: 8-14-06, Published: 8-14-06
Status: Complete

...you never expected to be a domino in our chain reaction...

Homogenize

2006-07-28T10:39:20-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 109, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-28-06, Published: 7-28-06
Status: Complete

We're writing our names in the sand, knowing only that it will wash away...

The Perfect Society

2006-07-26T08:29:50-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Sci-Fi
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Suspense/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 409, Reviews: 7 Updated: 7-26-06, Published: 7-26-06
Status: Complete

This is what it takes to make the perfect society, they thought. One Shot as of now...could possibly be continued if I feel like it. Reviews: you know the drill...

Silent Storm

2006-06-29T14:42:55-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Young Adult
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 604, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-29-06, Published: 6-29-06
Status: Complete

Jenna, after coming out to her parents, has been sent to a Catholic school. One Shot, you review me, I rev-you know the drill...

Memory

2006-06-22T14:06:39-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 86, Reviews: 2 Updated: 6-22-06, Published: 6-22-06
Status: Complete

Ripped jeans and paint-the picture fades and time slips away...

A World Apart

2006-06-22T13:59:33-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-22-06, Published: 6-22-06
Status: In-Progress

You had always found freedom through conformity.

Storm Symphony

2006-06-14T13:16:06-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-14-06, Published: 6-14-06
Status: Complete

The storm is a symphony. Comments and criticism welcomed;you review me, I review you!

Finding 'Normal'

2006-06-01T15:49:04-08:00

Author: Xerophyte
Category: Young Adult
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 494, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-1-06, Published: 6-1-06
Status: Complete

When high school meets weight/height issues...One shot, you review me and I'll review you