| Astartes Rapture |
Author has written 91 stories for Love, General, War, Family, Religion, Nature, Haiku, Fantasy, Spiritual, Life, Humor, and General. Our Deepest Fear Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give Marianne Williamson | |||||||
1. Bleeding Autumn » reviewsForgive me, father, for I have sinned. He's not breathing! No pulse! Oh, God . . . Forgive me, Father, for I have become a murderer.Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,983 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-12-07 - Published: 3-6-072. Month of Fools reviewsIrony is a cruel tool of humor.Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Drama/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 370 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-15-063. Astarte's Rapture » reviewsThe meaning of my title . . . a potential series of spiritual resurrection. (Late night ponderings)Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,543 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 8-15-06 - Published: 12-4-054. Perpetual Memoirs reviewstales told . . . but forgotten . . . revered . . . but unknown . . . they just fell alseep . . . and created a legacyPoetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 428 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-16-065. Jericho's PlungeRams' horns paint their lips in scarlet as they prepare to sink fair Jericho. Awe mingled with sympathy. A Renga.Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Published: 7-16-066. Miry Spectrum of Claustrophobia reviewsStream of consciousness. Not meant to make sense. Insomniac's ramblings.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 272 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-23-067. Wildfire reviewsCigarette fumes still linger upon her embalmed wings . . . (haiku) Please Review.Poetry: Nature - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-22-068. Imperfect Beauty reviewsA double-sided coin, an obscure looking glass . . . come blindPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-21-069. Third Day Whispers reviewsThe denial claws the pit of his stomach until an airy whisper steadies the beat of his heart . . . (haiku)Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-0610. Psalm of a Thespian reviewsMy soul, my soul, shall I lament thee? The mask shatters upon the stage and I am bare before Thee . . .Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 485 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-0611. Magnum OpusHow long will you appraise me as artwork?Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 342 - Published: 5-1-0612. Hazy Memories reviewsmaybe she said no in her stammering, but he never heard in his delusion . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-0613. Broken Heels reviewscoffins full of prom decor blacken the room . . . but they are too drunk to notice!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-0614. Before the Rain reviewsThere is a subtle announcement . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-30-0615. First Kiss reviewsa bundle of nerves wrapped in innocent curiosityPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-29-0616. Still of War reviewsSilent is the moment the gunfire ceases to brief serenity . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-20-0617. Trauma reviewsCan you feel the panic?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-20-0618. Inferno Tango reviewsDare you kiss them?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-0619. Sovereignty reviewsThe ocean is so much like a woman . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-0620. The Monster reviewsDon't we all play Frankenstein?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Horror/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 21 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-7-0621. Stained Zephyr reviewsWho harvested her innocence!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-0622. Forked Ends reviewsThus begins the melancholy despair . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-7-0623. Absolution M'Dear reviewsSoon we shall forget, so why wait to forgive?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-7-0624. Tempest Relics reviewsThe ship drones forever on . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-6-0625. French Kiss reviewsSuch natural romance!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-6-0626. Reticent Flora reviewsEver wonder why the petals curl at the moon's touch?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-5-0627. Pupil Textbooks reviewsTaciturn boys . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-4-0628. Pastel Mystery reviewsWhy does she mourn?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-4-0629. Psalm of Clout reviewsA renga.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-3-0630. Deep Roots Expanded reviewsIt's almost like we fear breathing his name . . . fear to cry bitterly . . . some things hurt too muchPoetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-3-0631. Deep Roots reviews. . . for StevenPoetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-3-0632. Mercury's Veins reviewsA tanka.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-3-0633. 1945 reviewsTheir pages crisped to ashes.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4-1-0634. Elegy of the Dawn reviewsThey coo in search of the horizon's pale streaks . . . pleading unto Thee for hope's miracle.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-1-0635. By Lamplight reviewsThe glow floods the dark's corner as the pages turn . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-1-0636. April Tassels reviewsIt's that time again . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-1-0637. Dreamers reviewsmotocross . . . sometimes you have to wonder if it is worth losing all senses . . . like so many have . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-7-0638. M O T O C R O S S reviewsOh, how a brother's passion consumes your own life . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 21 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-7-0639. Close Shave reviewssometimes you have to cut deeper than the fuzzPoetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-6-0640. Winter's Breach reviewsWon't you pause for a moment, tiny sparrow?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-5-0641. Fadanid reviewsisolation . . . the salt stings their eyesPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-4-0642. The Problem Of Pain reviewsThe problem of pain is that we cause it . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-3-0643. Beyond Wrath reviewsWrath is but a level of angerPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-1-0644. The Grassy Seer reviewsWhat airy whimpers can disguise the ruin of men . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-1-0645. What Tangled Webs We Weave reviewsWhen we practice to deceive. . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-28-0646. Insipid Mornings reviewsjust one of those days when the haze replaces airPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-26-0647. Crucifixion reviewsit's never a fast death . . . the hours tick by as you drown in illusions of serpents and Utopia . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-26-0648. Purple Haze reviewsall the pretty colors make me illPoetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-25-0649. I Guess We Broke reviewswe knew each other yesterday as porcelain dolls . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-25-0650. Death's Merry Epitaph reviewsyou try to live forever with surgical gloves . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-24-0651. Of Mixed Philosophies reviewshe believes he has failed unless you leave the classroom sososo lostPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-24-0652. Pills reviewsit's always too late to go back . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-24-0653. Bookworm reviewsthe pages take you away and bind you within their wordsPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-24-0654. Of Whispered Crushes reviewsSerendipity is a cruel game . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 2-20-0655. Hopeless Romantic reviewsDon't love thyself in the mirror too long . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-20-0656. December reviewsthey rest in self made tombs . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-20-0657. And the Saints Laugh reviewsKiss the stone for eternal life!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-19-0658. Of Serpentine Streams reviewsperhaps just a piece of waking Paradise . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-18-0659. Summer Days reviewsSilently watching memories slip beyond my grasp into June . . . farewell until always . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-18-0660. Just a Poor Man in a Potter's Field reviewsJudas . . . how thee have fallen!Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 288 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-9-0661. Pontius Pilate reviewsHe unwillingly sent the prisoner to the cross . . . a pondering on a governor's thoughts.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 875 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-31-0662. Anxiety reviewsMy body trembles with anxiety every day . . . so I put it onto paper . . .Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-13-0663. as from an alabaster jar reviewsFrom the vial of alabaster she poured out the depths of her soul . . .Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 663 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-10-0664. Second Class Souls reviews"the steeple casts them in hellish shadow" Very different style than anything else I have written.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 440 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-29-0565. Man of Cyrene reviews"You, carry the cross"Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,371 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-23-0566. Sheol's Nightmare reviewsBased upon the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Follow his decent into Sheol . . .Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 236 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-23-0567. The Prodigal reviewsWe are all lambs led astray . . . what is she searching for? Highly symbolic.Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,177 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-23-0568. The Thief reviews"I am a thief, I am a murderer . . . " The tale of the good thief . . .Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,558 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-22-0569. The Canvas reviewsThe air is filled with a lust, a waiting lust for a break of war. Gabriel walks the newly birthed earth . . . and Lucifer with him . . .Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,297 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-22-0570. Old Man Sea reviewsHe stands upon the harbor, calling to his lover, forever searching.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 150 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-22-0571. Just a Playboy reviewshe is not just the naive teenager who smiles without agony . . . without fear . . . without anger . . . here is a different look . . .Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 419 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-19-0572. Penmanship reviewsWhen he writes in secret intimacy . . . of the one who smiles at him in his imagination . . . he becomes an artistPoetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-18-0573. You Can't Believe in Everything You Read reviewsBased on a true story . . .Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 266 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-18-0574. Only a Crutch reviewsWooden pegs are not the only crutches we burden . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-16-0575. he came through the window reviewsever wonder about the men dressed as Santa, who wait for just a dollar . . . then follow you home . . . for more? I did.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 307 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-13-0576. And She Cuts Herself reviewsShe slices . . . hoping he will not come to her bed tonight.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-11-0577. I Never Saw It Coming reviewsHe never heard the shot . . . a haiku.Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-11-0578. His Nails reviewsThose rusty nails held Him . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-11-0579. Sightless reviewsThey say it's like looking through a tunnel . . . nice and slowPoetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-10-0580. The Beauty of Those Lines reviews. . . the wonder of your age lines . . . pure beauty . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-10-0581. Sequipedalian reviewsA whore of words . . .Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-10-0582. Healing Rain reviewsHe's a papa rooster now . . . (3am ramblings)Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 381 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-9-0583. Satin Sheets reviews(4 am ramblings of an insomniac)Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-5-0584. Summer's Slumber reviewsThe greatest demon to a world of natural beauty . . . innocence is destroyed . . . a tragedy . . . (Written in Old English style)Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 997 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-4-0585. Collateral Whiskey reviewsI drink this searing liquid for hopeless tranquility . . . from YOU! (Review and I will try to return the favor.)Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 383 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-20-0586. Tiny Jester reviewsWon't you cut these damned strings, and let me mourn . . .Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 326 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-20-0587. Burning reviewsA raging teen meditates on himself and the family that mislabels him . . .Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-19-0588. Artwork reviewsOrnate depiction of how a teenager sees his father's nightly abuse. (I'm no poet; I just love to write. Be gentle but honest.)Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-19-0589. Fusion reviewsWhen there is naught but stains to speak . . .Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-11-0590. Pretense reviewsPerfection, such a delusion to reality.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-30-0591. Slay Me Briefly reviews. . . a whore's odium for TheePoetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 341 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-30-05