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The Vile Mint is a creative writing blog. It’s primary purpose is to shift your perspectives and make you think.
2023-02-01 12:03
Reach out to me,
I’m here.
You don’t have to be alone.
It’s hard — it’s true,
I’ll cry with you.
You don’t have to be alone… Read More
2023-01-30 05:37
Flooded floors,
The waters rise.
Empty halls,
A sinking sky.
There is no part of me that’s free,
Stuck within the misery.
The pressure holds the doors in place… Read More
2023-01-07 02:12
The funeral was fast approaching, but the body was nowhere to be found. If Blackwater was the type of town to hold a late-night vigil, if Edward were perceived as a loving father left to rai… Read More
2023-01-02 10:09
Craving escaping from moments of waiting!
Waiting and wondering and pondering still.
The waiting remains in silence and hating,
A waiting against my will.
Feeling… Read More
2023-01-02 01:19
Every Friday, the kids of Blackwater Private would gather in the quadrangle for a morning assembly. From where she was standing, Elizabeth could see Jordan standing a few feet away from the… Read More
2022-12-26 01:50
The family never sat at the kitchen table. Gabrielle would cook and the kids would take their plates to the living room sofa or into their own bedrooms. That night, four family members sat a… Read More
2022-12-19 23:15
Elizabeth noticed the silence that bled through the walls. Eventually, she got herself ready and made her way downstairs. There was no one home and no cars in the driveway. She put on the ke… Read More
2022-12-16 11:06
The sweetest strings draw him under,His life becomes a distant thunder. Naively down he goes.Seduced by notes within the sea,A hope to end the misery.
A place where sun and sky can&r&hell…Read More
2022-12-14 04:01
Chapter 5
The clock ticked past one o’clock.
A garbage bag hung from the corner of a cupboard. The kitchen smelt of Mie Goreng noodles. A pan lay sideways in the kitchen s… Read More
2022-12-13 23:39
Thoughts slip away before I can think.
I write them down with water for ink.
The mind and the ‘verse, they both interlink,
Destruction, decay and death on the brink.
– By Randall… Read More
2022-12-10 05:55
Ash floats through misty sea breeze,
Above infinite sand of memory.
A mother watching her boy run free,
With water cold beneath her feet.
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A revery passage to the other s… Read More
2022-12-09 08:15
The mountain bled into the trees. Beneath the surface dwelt an intangible hive, a pulsating mesh of nothing that radiated suffering onto all who walked in the mountain’s shadow. It… Read More
2022-12-07 10:30
It searches nights to find its rest,
Will one welcome poorest guest?
She dreams she’s cradled by her love,
A love that’s but a dream.
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Incessantly beating you… Read More
2022-12-06 11:36
The jokes have dried,
The voices fade,
And silence remains.
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Lone behind a smile’s wall,
Crying out a voiceless call,
Away from me! No! Stay&he… Read More
2022-12-01 21:09
The anticipation of waiting to be looked upon, while not wanting to be seen, caused a slight shudder to pass through Elizabeth’s body. Her history teacher took his time putting his not… Read More
2022-11-28 20:35
Read chapter 1 here.Edward’s hand had all but healed. He periodically squeezed the steering wheel tight and released it to let the blood circulate through his fingers and knuckles. A t… Read More
2022-11-26 08:23
Naked branches twisted and clawed at the faded weather worn window. Violent winds pushed against the old house, filling every crack and every imperceptible opening. The voice of autumn whisp… Read More
2022-11-24 04:35
The books on my shelf are my tattoos. The covers are comforts and windows to my mind. They are a display of my thoughts. Thoughts that run rampant in a dizzying spiral suddenly have points i… Read More
2022-02-14 22:09
I’ve recently been on an audio book binge. I never really liked audio books because I love highlighting things and writing in the margins of the pages of book. Granted, it’s rare… Read More
2022-02-08 11:00
Hello my friends! It has been along time.
I’ve revamping this blog to hold myself accountable. Well, really I’m hoping you all will be commenting and asking for updates on ce… Read More
2020-06-29 02:13
The calm, definite, matter of fact sound of police bearing bad news cracked Edwards heart as the handbrake ripped into place.
It has definitely been beneficial to write everyday, even wit… Read More
2020-06-20 11:58
It’s insane to think that by day 10, I’m 10% through my goal. That’s crazy, right? 100 days seems so long, but really it will go in the blink of an eye.
I’ve noti… Read More
2020-06-16 05:07
Jordan put his journal back into his bag and zipped it up. A tear ran alongside the zipper making it look like a mouth who’s lips were sown. Soon all the strands will snap and unravel… Read More
2020-06-14 12:58
I’ve decided not to post whole sections of writing anymore. One reason is that it can’t be read in a cohesive structure unless I re-edit old posts to keep up with my offline edit… Read More
2020-06-13 10:12
Elizabeth returned home in the morning light. She had reached the level of exhaustion where her hesitation began to disappear. She was determined to walk straight inside, throw off her shoes… Read More
2020-06-12 13:42
This is a rewrite of Chapter 2 (Day 3’s post):***Edward’s hand had all but healed. He sat by the window of his living room with a feeling of approaching dread. He’d often h… Read More
2020-06-11 12:19
Chapter 2,
Edward’s hand had all but healed. He sat by the window of his living room with a feeling of approaching dread. He’d often had this feeling before an operation went… Read More
2020-06-10 04:16
Chapter 1
Ayn’s feet sunk further below the freezing water by the weight of the burden placed on her heart. Thoughts emanated after every beat, sting her mind like harsh sand… Read More
2020-06-09 05:38
I want to challenge myself to write every day for 100 days. So, I googled “100 days from today”, and the date falls on my birthday! My jaw hit the floor.
What a strange… Read More
2020-05-22 01:16
I’ve been playing around with youtube recently. I’m going to be doing a whole bunch of different videos to try and scope out what I enjoy doing and what people enjoy watching… Read More
2020-05-20 12:44
I’m haunted by my choices.
A river of fresh water dried before my eyes. I refused to build a dam.
Potential drained as time unveiled the true nature of my reality.&n&hell…Read More
2020-04-16 23:23
Ayn’s feet sunk further below the freezing water by the weight placed on her heart. Thoughts emanated after every beat and stung her mind like harsh sand-filled winds upon bare s… Read More
2019-07-15 01:57
I’m not quite sure where to start. I never thought that I would actually get married. I knew it was a possibility, but it was never really a foreseeable future. It was always in a re… Read More
2019-07-12 06:12
2019-05-22 00:25
Please, enable 2-step authentication in your blog security!
I apologise if you received an email from ‘Arcadesite’. They hacked my site, migrated all my followers, stole money f… Read More
2019-04-15 22:50
My heart bleeds in the flames of Notre Dame.
We look to the spire, the hand reaching for the heavens, as a symbol of ancient protection. These architecturally beautiful monuments of… Read More
2019-03-14 04:30
Once I hit my brother and a pain filled my throat,
Bursting from inside my chest, from a hole.
He ran to tell my parents and silence filled the yard.
I stood there knowing there was no esc… Read More
2018-11-16 09:29
Conversations created in zeros and ones,
Something’s lost.
Something’s wrong.
No subconscious signals,
No mirror neurons,
Just respond.
Respond.
I threw a stone at a man that… Read More
2018-10-05 03:56
I’m not sure how well this poem will appear in the wordpress reader as it’s an image. Click through and enjoy Read More
2018-09-13 23:47
Thank you so much. Thanks to the small fraction of followers who like posts, the even smaller amount that comment on them and the one mystery person who shares them. In particular, I’… Read More
2018-08-30 23:55
Give me liberty or give me death.
Stand on principle ’till nothing’s left.
Hands in our pockets while bombs in the air,
The people don’t know, don’t fight or don&rsqu&hell…Read More
2018-08-28 07:01
Don’t judge me!
Don’t judge me!Judge not lest ye be judged!.Don’t roll your eyes when I explain,
Don’t tell me that my mind’s insane,I can not take this much!… Read More
2018-08-13 11:02
Creatures lurk within the trees,
Alive, unseen without the key.
Gushing winds hide whispering thoughts,
Of ghosts and spells and elvish sorts.
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Damp is the dark bark’s texture beneath… Read More
2018-08-05 08:18
I love to hold you with eyes closed,
To tell you what you need to know:
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If you couldn’t use your legs, I’d lend my legs to you.
“Oh darling, I can’t feel my feet… Read More
2018-07-16 12:19
Once upon a calming sigh,
A gentle whisper flutters by,
Hidden just for one to know,
A secret code of hidden flow.
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Sleeping deeply in myself
My heart knew not it’s parallel.
Never… Read More
2018-07-13 03:14
When stress begins to take control.
Begin to think of time as whole.
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Streams keep flowing as you think,
And death takes men with every blink.
One foot in fire; One in ice.
Arms outstr… Read More
2018-07-03 06:14
Everyone’s lost
In the valley of longing.
It’s a journey within
When seeking belonging.
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Looking for something
To put one at ease.
Searching for light
Shining bright through th… Read More
2018-06-26 13:27
Beware the trail of dread,
That easy path inside your head.
Red herrings always plague your brain,
“What could be? Is it me?
Conclusions falling cold as rain.
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It starts off soft and… Read More
2018-06-24 13:03
I find great pleasure
In a tea
It’s warm and sweet and
Good to me.
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I watch steam rising
In the cold.
A warmly warmth that
Warms my soul.
.
I hold the tea cup
In my hands,
Like it&rs&helli…Read More
2018-06-21 22:48
Strive to be the one you need,
But search your inconsistency,
For injustice that is thrown on thee,
Reflects your incongruity.
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What are the traits you want to find?
Are they the ones yo… Read More
2018-06-20 23:17
Is it ok to be happy ?
To feel a joy inside my heart?
Feeling soft and sappy,
Looking to a brand new start.
All my rhymes have rhythm,
That hardly change at all.
But crafting with precision… Read More
2018-06-19 08:34
Deflated are my insides as I try to take a breath.
Just an empty shell as I refuse to have some rest.
I lack all the energy to beg and scream and yell.
The demon’s back to haunt me fo… Read More
2018-06-17 21:54
Unexpected memory of a corridorVoices roaring down the hallA birthday held when I was four
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Not for me, for the jolly good fellow. An old man’s song if ever bellowed. On a nigh… Read More
2018-06-12 13:21
It’s the end of the day, shoes off!
But, in the bed you lie,
When an itch, starts itching, on your foot.
Something hurts and can’t be good
On your feet all day you stood,
But th… Read More
2018-06-10 14:26
I’m a spot in a puppy dog’s eye,
I, in eye, insignificant am I?
The tiny speck in the cutest face,
You notice not my rightful place.
I’m a nothing, if not the key,
A detai… Read More
2018-06-09 11:51
What the day will bring, begin,
Entertain my senses swim
Amongst the reeds of pleasures pulse
Upon the tide of deep impulse
Feel the beat inside your spine
As the flesh and souls intwine… Read More
2018-06-08 14:56
The broken are the kindWho feel the pain in lifeThey try to pull your strifeInside they feel the knife
The broken are the wiseWho wear a smart disguiseThey make your spirit riseInside they… Read More
2018-06-07 08:16
Follow strings that pull you downListen close to have it foundWhere longing notes float in the airAnd twirling brides holds balding hair.
The depths of sorrow, woe to thee,A place where sun… Read More
2018-06-06 13:41
It was a cold miserable morning. The weather’s ice cold winds melted into my bones, yet I hadn’t even left the house. The rain fell all night without any hint of a cozy undertone… Read More
2018-06-05 08:57
A line of youth are seeking,
A child’s gaze a peeking.
As tingling lips are leaking,
On a face that’s far from speaking.
Sour drops shoved in his mouth,
More than that which I c… Read More
2018-06-04 13:35
When I was young, I was playing one of the best PlayStation games of all time, Medievil. I was play a particular stage when a glitch occurred. On the screen, the character was in every posit… Read More
2018-06-03 13:44
The excitements builds rapidly in the invisible space between my lungs and my throat. It’s so powerful that my fingers start to tremble and I’m forced to close my eyes tight. Ple… Read More
2018-01-24 11:10
The best footprints are left in muddy grounds from a night’s rain. The outline of your shoe perfect atop a dash of grass and a few twigs.
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I love exploring new places with old… Read More
2018-01-13 18:51
A week of trekking through torrential rain has my energy depleted, but as I turn my eyes to the sky I see her. The oldest tree in existence. I fall to my knees beneath the terrifying branch… Read More
2018-01-10 09:17
Yesterday I was in a doctors waiting room and the mother next to me started to breastfeed her little girl.
I almost vomited.
What an unattractive, disgusting bimbo she was.
Oh, I’m… Read More
2017-12-07 03:15
Law of nature,And of time.Mine is nothing,In this life.
Vision in the season of depletion,Incompletion’s my only foundationRepletion of all but a reason.
Strife in man.It’s here… Read More
2017-11-01 07:00
Tell me that I’m ok,
Tell me that I’m fine,
Tell me that this pain,
Isn’t only mine.
Tell me that you love me,
Tell me you’ll be there,
Tell me that it’s… Read More
2017-10-26 11:28
We live our lives in separate rooms.
When the first racing games were developed, it became evident that the car didn’t actually move, it was the track that was moving. Sometimes this… Read More
2017-10-25 19:00
We live in an age of superficial sexual pleasures. An age where we confuse consequence with cause. Instead of attraction being an organic combination, selection of a partner is now determine… Read More
2017-10-16 06:50
It searches nights to find its restWill one welcome poorest guest?It smells its own, but can’t get in,Try in vein to see within.
A heart once beat incessantlyIn organic love, romantic… Read More
2017-10-08 13:13
I would slit my wrists to give you meaning. I bleed my unformed thoughts to show you truth. Yet, is it helping anyone, or am I as superficial as the next ‘blogger’, posting a pre… Read More
2017-10-06 06:19
It was a mid-morning start, which meant the traffic was a little lighter and the gangs of retirees were taking over the cafes. I pulled up next to a trendy family car – Upper middle cl… Read More
2017-04-16 11:21
I feel these moments take us backTo remind us what our hearts now lack.When we see familiar sights,Somehow we feel the loss of light.
Flashing back to happy daysMy heart is stabbed as… Read More
2017-04-06 11:51
The clown’s mask drips down his cheeks, but he has no face paint on. Sitting under a lamp in the corner of a lonely street his mind wanders. The waters rise from his heart to his head… Read More
2017-02-16 11:35
I wish for you the happiness,That I will never have,For me, my love, I’m left alone.Cold and in the black.
The shadows cover everything,That you once saw as me.The shadows cover everyt… Read More
2017-02-06 11:23
I can not wake,I can not sleep.
This heart is heavy,I am weak.
My eyes don’t see,They only weep.My love is gone,And hope I seek.
What is this path you’ve given me?
Where brother… Read More
2016-07-30 13:21
This is the first time that i’m having trouble getting the words out.
This really isn’t in line with the way I blog…
I’m going to ignore the reader (I’m sorry… Read More
2016-07-21 14:41
Empty tunnels echo pain.Beating heart and throbbing veins.Scattered thoughts and shattered soul,Hatred fills the empty hole.
Where to turn in this turmoil?Mind in tempest, face in soil.I ga… Read More
2016-07-16 15:36
Build your tower to the sky,Foundations solid on the mire.Yet, nature comes without straight lines.No boxes, squares or strickt guidelines.
Curves that dance and sway and sing,That help us… Read More
2016-07-15 13:37
A dead tree alone in a dessert. Burnt, it’s branches claw at the sky. Slowly, the scene tilts. The sky now below, the dessert above. The tree hangs like a gothic chandelier.
The man h… Read More
2016-07-13 12:09
I hate it when guests linger around. They can’t take a hint. Normally, I’d stand up slowly and take our coffee mugs to the sink, or I’d stretch out my arms and say, &ldquo&helli…Read More
2016-07-12 14:01
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I’m desperate and alone! What beauty there was when we collided, but now I lay staring at the celling. Staring into nothingness.
Pick me up! Let us play and sing!… Read More
2016-07-06 14:16
I want to grow my blog. As a result, I’m offering my weird voice to anyone. I don’t care if you have 1 follower or 1 000 000. You want a little content, drop me a comment or mess… Read More
2016-07-06 03:57
Invisible pain is rarely invisible. It comes in the form of slammed doors, raised voices or the sounds of a speeding engine traveling far away.
The thought may surface that making logi… Read More
2016-06-28 07:29
The soundscape of water.
The undercurrent tone.
What is reality ?
These waves ?
Waves from wind, wind forms windows, windows into further dimentions of experience.
Under the surface, a expan… Read More
2016-06-12 07:21
Ash floats through the misty sea breeze,Above infinite sand without memory.And a mother’s child runs along this beach,With the water so cold beneath his feet.
A revery passage to the… Read More
2016-05-02 11:26
The bitterness of death swims in my blood.But I can’t feel it.There’s a dizzying warmth in the room,Faces from the past share smiles that scream.
Walking beneath the waves, ben… Read More
2015-11-02 09:54
I ventured deep inside a cave. Down into the warmth of the earth. Into a place where the sounds of the surface are left behind.
It’s beautiful.
The rocks were magnificent. Each differ… Read More
2015-07-20 13:12
Did you know that there’s a mysterious place far beyond our reach? A place we once knew, but that keeps us, (and itself) in the dark.
It was once defined, but then forgotten. Who were… Read More
2014-11-20 12:22
When! When can we see the stars for what they are?
Constellations causing mutilations of a map in mind and heart.
They change our bearings, and our minds, like whispers in the dark.
Disillu… Read More
2014-11-18 13:23
An angel and devil appear on a man’s shoulders. We have all seen this before. Right verse wrong. Good verse evil.
But, It is not that simple, is it?
It’s not good vs evil. More a… Read More
2014-11-16 13:10
2014-09-22 14:40
“Be careful, it’s quite slippery.”
“I will. You taking photos?”
“Yeah, you?”
“Nah, i’m hoping to see a ghost.”
Old Helensburgh Rai… Read More
2014-08-31 14:37
There are too many elephants in my room.
I’m talking to myself again. The fact that we have two ears and one mouth means that what we say about ourselves is amplified exponentially unt… Read More
2014-08-25 13:02
Drip… Drip… Drip…
“What is it now?” A shadow passed across the face of a tiny man. He lifted his head to see a demon perched by the window.
“A lying to… Read More
2014-08-14 14:32
I lay awake as the silence takes hold.
It gets louder and louder.
I beg for a distraction.
Reflection distorts desired delusions.
What time is is? I’ll check my phone. I’ll chec… Read More
2014-07-27 13:31
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