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Shadows Shield From The Sun

2012-12-23T12:56:59-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Friendship
English, Rated: K
Poetry/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 62, Reviews: 0, Complete

An army rises behind me.

The Bitter Pomegranate

2012-12-23T12:55:42-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Drama/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 397, Reviews: 0, Complete

Paint with kernels of watery flesh.

Abigail Dreams

2012-12-23T12:54:25-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Romance
English, Rated: K
Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 838, Reviews: 0, Complete

It's the stuff of Hollywood.

The Challenge

2012-08-12T18:42:27-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Life
English, Rated: K
Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 19, Reviews: 0, Complete

Daytona Beach.

This Is My Resolve

2012-06-19T22:15:36-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: K
Friendship/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 869, Reviews: 0, Complete

I hate to lose.

Heavy Steps

2012-04-21T22:33:38-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 325, Reviews: 0, Complete

There is nothing to fear. -esoteric-

I thought wrong

2012-04-21T22:32:48-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 6, Reviews: 0, Complete

I thought...

is this what comfort is?

2012-02-04T23:25:33-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Friendship
English, Rated: K
Hurt/Comfort/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 146, Reviews: 1, Complete

Your hand is on my shoulder. It's very corporeal. The touch is strange and foreign.

Of Warmth And Cheese

2012-01-15T19:13:27-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: T
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,913, Reviews: 0, Complete

Let's get to know each other a little more.

Autumn Breaks

2011-11-25T17:28:50-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 282, Reviews: 0, Complete

I wish I had a camera. The frosty rain was lovely.

Russian Roulette

2011-11-25T17:26:21-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Horror
English, Rated: T
Drama/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 713, Reviews: 0, Complete

The air is clogged with humanity.

111111, 11:11

2011-11-25T17:24:50-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 215, Reviews: 0, Complete

Make a wish.

Inquisition

2011-11-25T17:22:35-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Life
English, Rated: K
Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 38, Reviews: 0, Complete

It is a face quite changed.

Shei Sha Chen Guoren

2011-11-25T17:21:02-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Historical
English, Rated: T
General/Crime
Chapters: 1, Words: 496, Reviews: 0, Complete

Who killed Vincent Chin?

Death

2011-11-25T17:19:22-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 51, Reviews: 0, Complete

It sits in the room.

Bereaved Night

2011-07-03T18:30:03-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Historical
English, Rated: K+
Spiritual/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 775, Reviews: 2, Complete

Kleopatra VII had children, the sun and the moon. Egypt fell, but the moon stayed in the sky. For Abby.

Kathy

2011-06-28T07:54:34-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Friendship/Drama
Chapters: 5, Words: 9,391, Reviews: 0, In-Progress

There is a forest. Within it, strange beings know of the friendship they have -- they know the sorrow and the sheer -love.-

None May Harm Us Now

2011-05-24T20:06:24-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 532, Reviews: 0, Complete

You exploded today, and I was happy.

Momento Mori

2011-05-24T19:50:25-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 583, Reviews: 1, Complete

Carpe diem. Remember you will die. Alternative title "Today."

Exhibition

2011-05-24T19:48:59-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Work
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 42, Reviews: 0, Complete

The radiation earth is loud.

Untimely Deaths

2011-05-06T20:16:14-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 173, Reviews: 2, Complete

Bullying, they say. And I think -- it's about God-damned time.

I hate you like I love you

2011-05-05T15:47:20-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 340, Reviews: 1, Complete

I hate you is like I love you. That is why.

A Plea

2011-04-24T10:19:03-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 375, Reviews: 0, Complete

This is when your home is blown away.

Oops

2011-04-21T15:05:19-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: T
General/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 776, Reviews: 0, Complete

What did one think when they saw their friend kiss their crush, anyway?

To Feed On Plastic Bottles

2011-04-09T17:08:07-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 30, Reviews: 1, Complete

They outstretch their hands.

Europe

2011-04-09T16:52:31-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 160, Reviews: 0, Complete

The canals are crossed and ever-flowing.

Panem et Circenses

2011-03-19T14:16:27-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 58, Reviews: 2, Complete

See how far we fall.

And So It Is

2011-03-19T14:09:44-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Spiritual/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 10, Reviews: 1, Complete

The rising sun.

My Dog Didn't Eat It

2011-03-19T14:06:10-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Humor
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 9, Reviews: 3, Complete

We had homework?

I Think

2011-03-18T20:04:17-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 84, Reviews: 1, Complete

Damn my over-friendly hormones.

To Long

2011-03-17T20:18:54-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 209, Reviews: 0, Complete

If this is but a step, then what is this compared to hell?

Words Cannot Describe

2011-03-09T19:11:16-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 18, Reviews: 1, Complete

How long can they?

I saw my hero cry today

2011-03-05T12:43:49-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 220, Reviews: 0, Complete

She looked so different, and yet the same.

Like The StickySweet Carpet

2011-02-13T20:01:33-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,144, Reviews: 1, Complete

It's Valentine's Day, and, like a bad cliche, she marries though she loves another.

Cripple

2011-02-07T17:43:32-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 38, Reviews: 0, Complete

I gasp and stumble; I cannot stand.

Snarls and Smirks

2011-02-07T17:15:13-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Hurt/Comfort/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 268, Reviews: 0, Complete

I am selfish and proud. And I am ashamed.

Familiarity

2011-02-03T17:24:18-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 117, Reviews: 0, Complete

Of resounding rifles.

Of Convenience

2011-01-23T17:07:22-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 13, Reviews: 0, Complete

Why cry?

How Long The Drop

2011-01-23T16:37:51-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 95, Reviews: 0, Complete

Taste the scourge of victory.

Sands of Time, Like A Desert

2011-01-14T22:48:36-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 212, Reviews: 0, Complete

Time doesn't heal enough.

Look At the Camera

2011-01-11T20:33:05-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 16, Reviews: 1, Complete

Smiles are overrated.

Stripping The Wings

2011-01-02T17:45:14-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 137, Reviews: 1, Complete

Cycling through that tempest; exhilaration -- but then there it is; oppression, on the ground. -Sidenote: A sort of response to the recent New York cycling laws-

Papery Cores

2010-12-31T23:22:54-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Friendship/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,058, Reviews: 2, Complete

I remember you the way you are now.

How

2010-12-31T13:32:41-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Friendship
English, Rated: K
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 50, Reviews: 2, Complete

I'm glad you remember me. When you're gone, I hope you still do.

Yangtze Goddess

2010-12-29T18:29:11-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Spiritual
English, Rated: K
Tragedy/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 241, Reviews: 1, Complete

The baiji dolphin, spirit of the Yangtze, is gone.

Merry Candy Canes

2010-12-27T15:11:31-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 17, Reviews: 1, Complete

It goes through a coffee phase.

Rome Alive

2010-12-26T16:31:12-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Historical
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 226, Reviews: 0, Complete

La Fontana di Trevi is revived.

One Year More

2010-12-24T20:37:41-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Friendship
English, Rated: K
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 96, Reviews: 1, Complete

I'll miss you when you're gone.

Three Coins For Wishes

2010-12-24T20:35:28-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 910, Reviews: 0, Complete

La Fontana di Trevi offers three wishes; as such, Mia seals the tale.

Clipped

2010-12-22T20:38:53-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 148, Reviews: 1, Complete

There was a time when we were free.

So Very Far

2010-12-11T19:56:56-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 931, Reviews: 1, Complete

The blood, how sweet; and I think, these hands black with strain -- I should be there. I shouldn't be there.

Awe

2010-11-20T21:33:20-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Action
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 180, Reviews: 1, Complete

It's hard to believe.

Burn

2010-09-10T15:25:48-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 340, Reviews: 2, Complete

Is New York burning?

Master

2010-09-10T12:36:27-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 19, Reviews: 3, Complete

Pride is earned like respect.

I Wonder Why I'm Here

2010-08-30T10:16:54-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 119, Reviews: 2, Complete

This is the armed drill team, where all we do is climb towards the sun.

Respect

2010-08-30T10:12:05-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 174, Reviews: 1, Complete

It's earned. But you did so.

A High School Story

2010-08-20T12:55:03-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Mystery/Friendship
Chapters: 5, Words: 5,988, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

It all started with a few bored teens and a flightless bird falling. All along the way, while striving for the undisclosed, there is the montage to-be, of innocent days tinged with carefree swallows.

Tempest

2010-08-16T17:08:12-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Supernatural
English, Rated: T
Drama/Mystery
Chapters: 2, Words: 516, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Hazy, hazy eyes of crazed gray...loveless, loveless, loveless...and she dies.... Now she is back, lusting for blood and crazed with hate, craving for rest— Now Stevie must pay the price for what her ancestors had done to her.

The Earth Boils

2010-08-11T16:02:28-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Supernatural
English, Rated: K+
Supernatural/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,187, Reviews: 1, Complete

Tomorrow, he will be happy when he sees his partner's ashes.

Fifteen and More

2010-08-06T23:25:40-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Friendship/General
Chapters: 3, Words: 94, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Three poems; happy belated birthday, Abby, and three times over.

Fading

2010-07-11T19:16:35-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 980, Reviews: 1, Complete

Move on, move on, and don't forget.

Just To Let You Know

2010-06-24T15:16:35-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 624, Reviews: 2, Complete

I am hit.

Dirge

2010-05-15T22:30:33-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: K+
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 552, Reviews: 1, Complete

For you, I die.

Report On High Schoolers in the Mediterranean

2010-04-23T19:50:53-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Essay
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,016, Reviews: 1, Complete

An article of sorts on a certain high school's trip to Italy and Greece.

Backwards and Forwards

2010-04-21T20:00:18-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Humor
English, Rated: K
General/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 344, Reviews: 2, Complete

Dysfunctional twin brothers share correspondence overseas. Add a hopeless crush, romance, and e-mail -- then prepared to be very afraid.

Hurt

2010-03-24T19:58:41-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Romance
English, Rated: T
Romance/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,499, Reviews: 2, Complete

So this crush is love...now if only those cockblocking friends of his would stop interfering.

I Fear

2009-12-19T10:14:44-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 52, Reviews: 1, Complete

I fear the swirling faces. I fear them fleeing in the twilight.

Sweeping The Lines

2009-12-15T17:28:48-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Friendship/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 409, Reviews: 1, Complete

I remember the sweat smothering the ground, and the laughter weaving in the air. Because the world spins on its axis with little care.

The Lily and the Bee

2009-11-24T20:57:09-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Horror
English, Rated: M
Horror/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 510, Reviews: 6, Complete

And the virgin paper is penetrated by the pen. It can no longer be pure, it can no longer be white. It will be a mass of dark and dry scars. Warning: Erotica.

Granted

2009-09-14T18:41:17-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 249, Reviews: 2, Complete

Day in, day out, he turns the air into chocolate -- into the unseeable future....

Tainted Life and Stolen Air

2009-05-02T18:25:46-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 782, Reviews: 1, Complete

As you look down at your crimson-filled hands, you catch the reek of the air, fraught with death. You look at the bodies littered around you and realize...you did this. Nothing is fair in life and war.

The Insanity of The Tempest

2009-04-23T17:51:50-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Life
English, Rated: K+
Poetry/Suspense
Chapters: 1, Words: 151, Reviews: 1, Complete

In the middle of a stormy night, a certain person walks out, hoping for the rain to sweep away his painful nostalgia.

WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE?

2009-04-17T21:12:03-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
War
English, Rated: T
Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 57, Reviews: 0, In-Progress

A slightly deranged person mourns the death of a war hero. Limerick. Rated for the word "ass."

“Friends” Is But A Word

2009-04-17T20:59:35-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Friendship/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 941, Reviews: 0, Complete

Alone. To be alone...is the worst feeling. As far as I am concerned, being alone is the worst thing in the world.

The Audacity of Hope

2009-04-12T16:44:44-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Politics
English, Rated: K
Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 22, Reviews: 1, Complete

A limerick about Barack Obama.

Late Past Midnight

2009-04-09T18:40:17-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 26, Reviews: 2, Complete

I would sit up and write. Limerick.

Screw It, Badminton's A Sin!

2009-04-08T22:18:49-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 27, Reviews: 1, Complete

The view of a tennis-obsessed -- and perhaps demented -- teen. Limerick.

Dad

2009-04-08T22:16:42-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 26, Reviews: 2, Complete

About a guy I call "Dad." Limerick.

Of Bees and Flowers

2009-03-16T22:10:33-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Young Adult
English, Rated: K+
General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 328, Reviews: 4, Complete

Love is a failure, and I know better than most.

Daddy

2009-03-09T19:50:42-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
Family/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,124, Reviews: 2, Complete

Divorce is scarring.... Love may turn to betrayal, betrayal turns to hurt, hurt turns to hate...and you keep hating and hating and hating until there's only bitterness... First part in four-year old's perspective; second in teen's.

Tennis

2009-02-09T16:09:21-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Poetry/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 31, Reviews: 1, Complete

The exhilaration of tennis never leaves... Originally written for school, I would appreciate your opinion greatly.

Too Much

2009-01-16T21:51:29-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 339, Reviews: 1, Complete

I have decided, sometime ago, that there is too much sadness in this world...

Crush

2008-12-19T14:52:22-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: T
General/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,047, Reviews: 3, Complete

It was the day the world ended. Rocks and debris falling, mighty buildings collapsing - and the screams. The screams of pain, of agony; terror as humans were crushed to darkness; and the shrieks of children as they departed in pain... Sichuan earthquake.

Your Last Day

2008-11-30T13:29:23-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
General
English, Rated: K
Friendship/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 839, Reviews: 1, Complete

He was graduating. A part of his life was over. This was over -- and he can't accept it. He just can't.

Moonstone

2008-02-09T15:21:27-08:00

Author: Peridot Tears
Romance
English, Rated: T
Friendship/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,117, Reviews: 2, Complete

One-shot. The experiences of a girl who finds a sort of brightness in her hateful life. Rated for racial slurrs.