“If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved.” — J.D. Stroube Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Mmmm… stay.” Her voice was barely audible, as she grazed her lips against mine and her head fell back against the pillow… — J.D. Stroube Bed Copy Share Image
“The walls that caged me were not of this world, but were within my mind.” — J.D. Stroube Caged Copy Share Image
“I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul.” — J.D. Stroube Dark Copy Share Image
“Her soft trailing fingers would continue to attempt a connection that I refused to allow; that I couldn’t allow if I wanted… — J.D. Stroube Abuse Copy Share Image
“Once I was free; there was no cage that could bind me, and I had yet to create my box of numbness… — J.D. Stroube Bind Copy Share Image
“A woman's journal is like a door to her soul; men can't open it, but they are definitely a part of it!” — J.D. Stroube Door Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general population that her… — J.D. Stroube Antisocial Copy Share Image
“What you are or where you came from is not important. It is who you are and the choices you make, that… — J.D. Stroube Choices Copy Share Image
“In that smooth fortress of glass, I caught a glimpse of my corruption gripping steel, which before I had thought of as… — J.D. Stroube Caged Copy Share Image
“The melodious song mesmerized me and cloaked my soul in a most liberating embrace I had never known. The emotion enveloped me,… — J.D. Stroube Caged Copy Share Image
“These were people who hunted for a way to erase the haunted, malnourished gaze from their souls and replace it with their… — J.D. Stroube Caged Copy Share Image
“Their screams would echo through the house and reverberate against my eardrums until my mind would fracture. Years went by and with… — J.D. Stroube Empty Copy Share Image
“All that is left to bring you pain, are the memories. If you face those, you’ll be free. You can’t spend the… — J.D. Stroube Afraid Copy Share Image
“As I turned to leave, I looked down. Beside my foot, a sprout of greenery was clawing its way through the pristine… — J.D. Stroube Epiphany Copy Share Image
“My power grew angry that it was confined to my petite frame and pulled against my taut skin. Growing bolder, it tore… — J.D. Stroube Angry Copy Share Image
“There are people in the world, who are just wrong, and then there are the masses of population that are right, or… — J.D. Stroube Breeze Copy Share Image
“I was caged within a four dimensional cube that eclipsed the world around me in an icy mist. I screamed; begging someone,… — J.D. Stroube Alone Copy Share Image
“I could hear the chaotic laughter trailing behind me. It turned the ageless trees into a menace. They loomed around me, while… — J.D. Stroube Horror Copy Share Image
“Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life.… — J.D. Stroube Answers Copy Share Image
“He moved like a bird; twitching and bunching his shoulders. His head angled back and forth to watch me, and as he… — J.D. Stroube Dark hair Copy Share Image
“The age of lost innocence varies for each person. Some lose it when they learn that their childhood fantasies are merely myth,… — J.D. Stroube Age Copy Share Image
“A complete stranger has the capacity to alter the life of another irrevocably. This domino effect has the capacity to change the… — J.D. Stroube Alter Copy Share Image
“It stood calm against the suburban storm raging around it. The thunder screamed across the sky; it slapped the clouds into a… — J.D. Stroube Calm Copy Share Image
“I took my menial life for granted until it became clear, why my early years resulted in a lack of adoption.- J.D.… — J.D. Stroube Adoption Copy Share Image
“Over the years, I learned to smile or laugh when I was supposed to. I kept my true self hidden; I did… — J.D. Stroube Age Copy Share Image
“Angels exist; sometimes they're your best friend and other times they are someone you met a single time or know only by… — J.D. Stroube Angel Copy Share Image
“Smiling, Vixen sat up and kneeled at the edge of the mattress. “Mmmm… I missed you.” She said, and grabbed me by… — J.D. Stroube Bed Copy Share Image
“No one has free will until they are an adult, and by then the choices that were made for them, have already… — J.D. Stroube Choice Copy Share Image
“My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting what was left of me.… — J.D. Stroube Corrupt Copy Share Image
“Once I embraced the dreams that once inspired. Now I've found that there is too much I didn't recognize as a gift.… — J.D. Stroube Amnesia Copy Share Image
“Even knowing that my presence brought a shadow over the lives of my loved ones, I can't regret the experiences I've had… — J.D. Stroube Broken Copy Share Image
