Month: August 2025

  • Emptiness

    Drunken in loneliness, embraced by space, and silence is reaching out for my wounded soul like an angel of death. My salvation, –your eyes– depicted in my mind. Yet I’m feeling blind, without a touch of yours that would magically wipe out all bad memories of a long-ago past life,…

  • Creative Universe

    Describe your life in an alternate universe. In my alternative universe, politicians don’t exist. There is no need for them. There are no rules and laws, and no wars, fights, or disagreements. As there’s the saying, rules exist to be broken, so for that, they should not exist. But still,…

  • Break Free

  • A Bombshell Bill

    What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? I can’t say that I spend a lot of money on meals, I guess I spend as much money as the average person. Ok, sometimes I buy something special for myself, but surely not something luxurious,…

  • Rising High

    The mountains lay majestically before melike life itself,but I did not let myself be intimidated.And so I set out to accomplish this arduous task.I climbed piece by piecefrom rock to rockthe brittle life,unmindful of pain, sorrow, and sufferingbriefly reveling in joy and happiness.And so I struggled through.Day by day,week by…

  • Unhype

    Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. A couple of weeks ago, in the Greek evening news, there was a report about Jennifer Lopez celebrating her birthday in Turkey. Seriously, Jennifer Lopez’s birthday on the evening news? I don’t…

  • Shredded Soul

    My soul in shreds falls from the sky like heavy rain, painting the earth in pitch black, and the drops of my blood like fertile seeds Is there still a hope of love sprouting into deep red roses. for my anguished soul? ©2025, Vasiliki Papadopoulou

  • 30? Don’t overkill it …

    List 30 things that make you happy. 30 things! I think that’s too much of a good thing. In my opinion, someone doesn’t need 30 things to be happy. I’m confident that the things that make you happy can be counted on one hand. You don’t need much to be…

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  • Atonement

    Undawning nights wafting into nowhere with the company of the moon shining humbly upon the sinful souls, which are hiding under ashes. They are devoutly waiting for the Savior and God so to be rewarded by a redeeming death. ©2024, Vasiliki Papadopoulou