Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

Prose

  • Beauty And Loss

    She’s only got herself to blame. All that love, blowing like the wind with nowhere to go but down. Broken and abused. Cheap dreams and guilt. Watch in horror as your world collapses. This is what you wanted; this is what you get. A cute little liar with opaque words dripping from your mouth something… Read more

  • King Of Pain

    king of pain pressed wide inside your lips and hard against your hips choked, blacked, numbed a pretty layer of bullshit spread across a dirty, used whore that stench of lust puked, drained, sickened it reeks of glitter no stars, just starless and just like you so dearly deserve Read more

  • Blink Twice To Say Yes

    Amidst the passing of seasons, there’s a gentle tune that always reminds me of you. We are war, inside and out. Bloodshed and memory. Religion. An absence of faith. Loneliness, and time out of hand. Victims thrown into a river. Lined up, and shot like cattle. All those carcasses, left to rot beneath a burning… Read more

  • She

    the colour of her smile like blinding truth and wonder something in the way she moves echoing through my tender mind she makes me feel alive that’s just how she is   Read more

  • Oblivion

    A childish grin. A devilish tongue with eyes as teeth. It’s too hot to wear that dress. So take it off, and let me do questionable things to that once sinless husk. Wanting what I’ve got, you take baby steps while my fingers release the latch of your bra. There’s something in the way it… Read more

  • A Passing Feeling

    don’t let these days escape let them live forever let us cling like tomorrow never comes lovers holding on to what matters most repel ghosts and taste the truth she bleeds take her in your arms and never let her go Read more

  • Marigold

    Shadows flicker on the wall they dance all over her face and mine outside of time we become something more than they’ll ever know daylight fades moonlight bathed and nude we taste love not afraid of tomorrow be still, stay silent be natural that’s just how love is Read more

  • Dead Lovers

        The days’ pass as they always do. Moments in time, like raindrops falling whilst you sleep at night. All of those smiles, and all of those embraces, swimming within your head. Visions of the past, shifting all around. Fleeting faces, with eyes as wide as stars. Burning into your tired, old heart. They… Read more

  • Remnants

    She’s just like her mum, and he’s just like his dad. Forever feeling sorry for themselves, repeated day after day. She’s her own worst enemy, always creating trauma, when there’s simply no need. He could be happy, but he craves despair and melancholy. She’s only happy when she’s sad. Seeking oblivion through the embrace of… Read more

  • Yr’self

    You can’t keep running from yourself. Can’t keep burying your head in someone elses dreams. There’s no escaping the mirrors of your mind, no matter how hard you try. The years come and go. Faces and landscapes, fading into a blurred haze. Money buys new ways to disguise loneliness and guilt, but the pain is… Read more