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M.E. Barstow
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since: 01-04-07, id: 550914
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Author has written 80 stories for Play, Love, Life, General, Politics, Friendship, Humor, Nature, Song, and General.

I am M.E. Barstow, though that is quite obvious

I am a poet by hobby and a student by profession though I have recently started writing short stories

The majority of my work is done at night, thus based in darkness

My sole addiction is to reviews; I thrive off them and am inspired to write more.

Let’s see… about me. I am small, 5’ 3” and I, as most people my height tend to be, dislike having to literally look up at people. I have wavy reddish hair to my waist and, as my mirror shows me, I have very green eyes and glasses (LaFont Outrage, I love them!). I am in insomniac as of recently and managed to get by at school on one and a half hours sleep on more than one occasion. This is not something I commend especially on days you have a fairly important test in your least favourite subject. Anyway! I am fairly antisocial; I dislike pointless chatter (though I’m being quite hypocritical at the moment). This tends to be problematic, as my most of my peers have not yet found the value of an intellectual conversation. I also detest crowds above all else, except maybe squirrels, but that's a long story. Worryingly, I am going to Japan in March and am going to be exposed to major crowds where ever I go. And I'm probably as tall as most of the people there. I have an almost unhealthy obsession with Broadway musicals and Andrew Lloyd Webber is my official hero (Apart from Idina Menzel, but that is unimportant).

Peace, love and happiness be with you all forever and a day
--M.E. Barstow --

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away
From the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away
From cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

-Music of the Night, The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber




1. Rain
Inspired by the current weather, a poem that is practically impossible to explain
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 230 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-14-08 - Published: 7-14-08
2. Caged Bird
A poem to my father about my upcoming move to California.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-2-08 - Published: 7-2-08
3. Nothing
And you've left me here, as much of nothing as I was when you picked me up... But I can sleep for three months, I'll survive
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 228 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-16-08 - Published: 6-16-08
4. Broken and Babbling
Fighting to express my emotions in a world that frowns on such things
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 409 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-16-08 - Published: 6-16-08
5. Writer's Block
The lament of a poet suffering a four month bout of writer's block, after finally finding what dark inspiration she can
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 239 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-16-08 - Published: 6-16-08
6. The Truth about Valentines reviews
An acrostic satire of Valentines. Written for an English class
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 368 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-27-08 - Published: 2-27-08
7. This Body reviews
The curses that go along with a supposedly perfect body
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-8-08 - Published: 2-8-08
8. When You Say
If you say it, I believe you
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-8-08 - Published: 2-8-08
9. Choices
Of all the choices I have to make, this year, this is the hardest
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 139 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-28-08 - Published: 1-28-08
10. Myth of Blood reviews
Blood tells tales if you will only listen
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-6-08 - Published: 1-6-08
11. Tears of Gold reviews
I love you and it will never be as I wish
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-6-08 - Published: 1-6-08
12. Silver Tears reviews
Another random emotion burst... Stress from finals is building
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-17-07 - Published: 12-17-07
13. Chasing Rainbows reviews
Looking at love through a mass of colour
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 106 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-10-07 - Published: 12-10-07
14. Silence reviews
Crying out for help, but all I have is silence
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-9-07 - Published: 12-9-07
15. More Than a Touch of Insanity reviews
Utter, complete, total chaos.
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 229 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-5-07 - Published: 12-5-07
16. Grasping at Shadows reviews
Away from that which is so much a part of who I am... I am falling apart
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 203 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-5-07 - Published: 12-5-07
17. The Price of Life
September 10, 2007. The beginning of an end and the end of a beginning and the confusion that ensued
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 184 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-5-07 - Published: 12-5-07
18. And I will Love You Forever Complete version reviews
With a disturbing side poem that I'm not sure how happened...
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 236 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-27-07 - Published: 11-27-07
19. And I will Love You Forever
...mais je ne sais pas pourquoi. EnglishFrench
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-27-07 - Published: 11-27-07
20. A Twisted Web of Words and Lies
Utter confusion... Emotions, pain, love... I want them to sort out
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 225 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-27-07 - Published: 11-27-07
21. Is this Goodbye? reviews
Can this really be happening? Are you going to turn your back on me, once and for all?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 216 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-23-07 - Published: 11-23-07
22. Tears like Rain
Tears falling like rain going through a hard time again, and just want to cry
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 198 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-13-07 - Published: 11-13-07
23. Call and Respond
Why do I never see you? You are so close, yet so far away
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-13-07 - Published: 11-13-07
24. Vampire's Lullaby
And I'm done with you
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-11-07 - Published: 11-11-07
25. Deception in Your Eyes reviews
Life faced through deception, trials and hardship
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-30-07 - Published: 10-30-07
26. The Day of My Demise
What is the point of my existence?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-24-07 - Published: 10-24-07
27. Within a Black Heart
I'm not sure how to summarize this... but it's quite dark
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-18-07 - Published: 10-18-07
28. Oblivion reviews
After an explosion that killed her family, Alana has to cope with living with out the comforts of home. Very Short Story
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 567 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-12-07 - Published: 10-12-07
29. Alone reviews
The three of us, alone in this world, but inexplicably tied together
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-8-07 - Published: 10-8-07
30. Addiction reviews
Possibly loosing one of my best friends and trying to hold on to reality...
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 226 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-4-07 - Published: 10-4-07
31. Insane Deception »
A spy, an assassin, an NSA agent under cover as a nurse and a schizophrenic all in an insane assylum... Let the deception begin! 1 act, 2 scenes
Complete - Play - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,221 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-30-07 - Published: 9-30-07
32. Deception and Rage reviews
Rage clouded minds are open to deception
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-29-07 - Published: 9-29-07
33. Blackened Fingers
Is my soul as black as my fingers?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-24-07 - Published: 9-24-07
34. In Your Arms reviews
When wishing for dreams is really a wish for reality
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-19-07 - Published: 9-19-07
35. Amour, Mon Dernier Démenti reviews
Love, my last denial. I'm fleeing this place, never to return
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-17-07 - Published: 9-17-07
36. Dead reviews
Being dead in your eyes
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-15-07 - Published: 9-15-07
37. Undeniable Change
Everything is changing, sweeping me into a whirlwind of confusion
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 153 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-7-07 - Published: 9-7-07
38. Our Last Farewell
For my sister and best friend, going off to college
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-26-07 - Published: 8-26-07
39. I Have No Answers reviews
I know what you want me to do... but how can I do it?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-26-07 - Published: 8-26-07
40. Shattered Roses reviews
Unworthy to take my life
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-31-07 - Published: 7-31-07
41. Lost Interest
I'm sick and grumpy and I'm not myself
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-27-07 - Published: 7-27-07
42. My Guardian Angel reviews
In my oppinion, my best love poem yet. Funny, I think I used the word angel... once
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-20-07 - Published: 7-20-07
43. Nothing Changes reviews
You say nothing changes?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-20-07 - Published: 7-20-07
44. Patriotism reviews
We know what we're talking about, though I may not be the most Patriotic person in America
Complete - Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 153 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-17-07 - Published: 7-17-07
45. Consuming Darkness reviews
Let darkness fill you
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 85 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-17-07 - Published: 7-17-07
46. Insomnia reviews
Just let me sleep!
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 303 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-9-07 - Published: 7-9-07
47. Terror
For the one who made every girl's worst nightmare real for me. Something I can never forgive
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 183 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-9-07 - Published: 7-9-07
48. Doubt and Self Preservation
Watch me crumble in a moment of doubt
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 238 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-9-07 - Published: 7-9-07
49. Child of the Dance reviews
A pantoum about dancing and how to dance your way through life
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-7-07 - Published: 7-7-07
50. Mouldy Cheese reviews
I don't like it when my cheese is mouldy!
Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-7-07 - Published: 7-7-07
51. Utah Sun
A poetic recount of my recent trip to Zion National Park in Utah
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 730 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-6-07 - Published: 7-6-07
52. Blood reviews
I'm not vampyric... no not at all...
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-27-07 - Published: 6-27-07
53. What's in a Name reviews
What's in a name? I don't care if where I am is called Heaven or the Place of Eternal Life, so long as I'm happy
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-27-07 - Published: 6-27-07
54. Without You reviews
What will I do without you?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-20-07 - Published: 6-20-07
55. Act Me Out A Love Story
Cherish what you have. Don't long for something else
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-10-07 - Published: 6-10-07
56. My Last Lament
Written for my cat who I thought was going to die. Written during a rain storm
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-23-07 - Published: 5-23-07
57. Alone in a Crowd reviews
When I'm alone, eveything and anything reminds me of you
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-1-07 - Published: 5-1-07
58. Dark
Everyone needs a hand to guide them through the dark
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-23-07 - Published: 4-23-07
59. Nature's Gifts
An essaypoem. Feel clouds massing before a storm, a rainstorm over a river, the clouds slowly evaporating and a slow walk through the snowy woods
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 532 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-17-07 - Published: 4-17-07
60. There For Me
You are always there for me, I will be there for you
Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-17-07 - Published: 4-17-07
61. Don't Stop Being You reviews
You're perfect as you are, I don't want you to change
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-17-07 - Published: 4-17-07
62. Forever
I didn't know that a smile could last forever
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-17-07 - Published: 4-17-07
63. Suffocate reviews
Suffocating, though technically free, what will become of me?
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-4-07 - Published: 3-4-07
64. Soothsayer reviews
How could I have seen this coming? How can I be blamed? Can you tell me?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-26-07 - Published: 2-26-07
65. More Than I Can Say reviews
I love you more than I can say, what did I do wrong?
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-20-07 - Published: 2-20-07
66. Open Your Eyes reviews
A Valentine Poem that is anything but nice. Open your eyes to the fact that I don't need you anymore and that you restrict my movement
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-14-07 - Published: 2-14-07
67. Careless reviews
It was not I who was careless, it was you. You were too careless to notice there was a serious problem
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 304 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-6-07 - Published: 2-6-07
68. Life in a Dream reviews
My ideal love, another side to a fictional character
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-22-07 - Published: 1-22-07
69. Come and Tell Me reviews
Come and tell me what you observe of the deceiver.
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-21-07 - Published: 1-21-07
70. Remembering reviews
Remembering what we once had. Sort but sweet
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-19-07 - Published: 1-19-07
71. The Shadow of a Thought reviews
Changed in so many ways, knowing nothing will ever be the same. Can be interpreted in many different ways
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-18-07 - Published: 1-18-07
72. Geometric Blues reviews
The night before a test, my mind was on overload. I took it out on my poor computer
Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 206 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-18-07 - Published: 1-18-07
73. Forgotten reviews
Of all the things I once could do, those that have been forgotten
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-16-07 - Published: 1-16-07
74. Scars reviews
Among the stupid things that I have done with my life, this was the worst
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 1-15-07 - Published: 1-15-07
75. Endless Circle reviews
The circle of depression, those slight days of pure elation, that only makes the darkness worse
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 184 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-11-07 - Published: 1-11-07
76. Thirteen Ways To Say I Love You reviews
Thirteen ways to say the three little words cherished above all others
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-10-07 - Published: 1-10-07
77. The Rose reviews
A dark look at the best known symbol of love
Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 1-9-07 - Published: 1-9-07
78. If I Had Only reviews
An appology to two people who have altered my life compleatly. A responce to Somnium
Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 199 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-7-07 - Published: 1-7-07
79. Thoughts of Life reviews
The title says it all. A liberal view on the war in Iraq
Complete - Politics - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 527 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 1-7-07 - Published: 1-7-07
80. Somnium reviews
A bad day, turned dream
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-7-07 - Published: 1-7-07
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