Soulsearching Stories

This is not a guide to healing. It is a map of aftermath. The Unbearable Beauty of the Open Heart traces the quiet descent into walls built too high, and the slow, trembling return to feeling. It is the story of what happens when silence turns to absence, when safety becomes a tomb, and when the heart...aching but still alive...begins to open again. These nine pieces live somewhere between memoir and meditation, between prayer and poetry. They explore the tenderness of being human: the ache of love, the surrender of vulnerability, the quiet awe of simply existing. It is a journey through the unbearable and the beautiful...because they are, in truth, the same thing.

Twenty-four year old, Jordan Green Jr graduated from college and has a great paying career. He's still fresh in his field but he feels as though something is still missing. Settled in his shared apartment, he spends his free time volunteering at the community center and now has a change of heart on what he wants to do in his life that he feels may fill the void of what's missing. Raynesha King has worked at the community center since she was able to work. She grew up as one of the kids that went there after school and met most of her friends there. Ready to end her time at the community center to fulfil her dream, she hate to part ways with the one place that's benefited her entire childhood. Can she move on from the one place that will always feel like home for something new?

Rose Hathaway just received her fairy tale ending, or did she? The emotional weight of what she's done comes crashing down. She needs Dimitri to heal her fragile mental state, but he'll be halfway across the country with Christian. What price would you pay for redemption and a second change at love? Disclaimer: Richelle Mead and her brilliant imagination own all of the characters. ©Missy De Graff 2014 | Wattpad

A person searches for the perfect theory for mankind's purpose in the world. [6 chapters]

🏆 Winner of first place Ummah Awards For best short story. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• In a quiet, reflective moment, a soul reaches out to God not with anger, but with quiet confusion and a longing heart. Through fragmented thoughts and raw honesty, the narrator questions why God seems to care for others but not for them. As memories of pain, loneliness, and a desperate desire to be seen surface, the story gently explores faith, abandonment, and the aching beauty of wanting to be chosen too.

Marian has always dreamed of escaping her reality and discovering something brighter on the other side of her mundane, lonely life. But how long can she feasibly last in a world of her own creation, when her mind is and always has been her worst enemy? What starts as the world of her dreams quickly falls into chaos and despair as Marian is forced at last to grapple with the true darkness that resides within her and face the fact that she has denied for so long: she cannot do this alone.

This is a short story about how experiencing first and second hand triumphs of those re defining themselves in the modern moral landscape is leading us all to self proclaimed freedom.

I only get inspired when I'm sad so yeah

ever wondered what it's like to live in complete irony of your life? when karma hits you so hard that it starts treating you like a bitch? when all you can do is say "karma's a bitch"? well here's a twisted tale for you morbid freaky friday fans out there. fill in the shoes of a former killer as his life fades away finally ending his miserable life only for his soul to be pulled back into the living in another body. relate or not with him as he journeys into the life of the other in his own perspective and his own point of view living in another body, while his own being 6 feet under. discover shocking truths that may be revealed about his past relationships and his own family bloodline linking with the other person he now controls.

20 year old Kyouki is a now weaponless meister trained in the art of the mercenary with an incredible power that kept her alive for over 800 years. She used to fight madness side-by-side with Lord Death himself and her boyfriend, Asura, Death's right-hand-man. Asura joins sides with the madness and becomes the one and only Kishin, the world's greatest source of madness and destruction. After Lord Death imprison's Asura in a sack of his own flesh, Kyouki leaves in anger and despair. After Kishin Asura is reawakened by a witch, Kyouki returns to her former home of Death City, which houses the death weapon meister academy founded by Lord Death, to try to help capture the Kishin because she believes there still is a hope for him to be saved from the madness. Tensions rise when everyone doubts Kyouki, saying her love is too far gone, and Kyouki's dark, tortured past haunts her to the core when she returns home. Will Kyouki follow her heart and save her love, or be consumed in the madness of her past?

It's an original collection of poetry and prose, written and published in chronological order by eyhSmik

"A raw and emotional exploration of broken bonds and fading love. The poet's words capture the ache of fractured family ties, painting a picture of isolation and heartbreak. Amidst the pain, they turn to faith, seeking release from the weight of their sorrow and the relentless tick of time."

There's always a fork in the road. One of those you know well, that you pass every day. And there's always a direction you never take, leaving it shrouded in mystery. An ordinary afternoon, a thought that refuses to stay silent any longer, and a step-or rather, a turn-that breaks the routine. But the destination, sometimes, isn't what we imagined. And what we discover along the way can be as simple as it is overwhelming: the weight of what we don't know, and the emptiness that remains when we finally do. A short and intense story about curiosity and memory, mystery and loss. And one that, in the end, leaves us with a question: is it really always necessary to know every answer?

Have you ever asked yourself, how could a star still shine even though it was surrounded with darkness? Nevach Sagittarius is lost. He doesn't know what he really wants. He even questioned his own existence because of this. He can't find a reason to live and be happy. Not until he was scammed.

Join Pink and Blue, the Angels of Retribution, in their hilarious and twisted adventures through the afterlife. In this wildly imaginative tale, they dish out divine punishment to a white-collar criminal, turning his eternal damnation into a grotesque game of corporate restructuring and soul-searching... literally.

Alexandria Baines is neither working on becoming canonized, nor takes part in Black Mass, yet she is still stuck with the frustrating ability to see things no human should be forced to see. With a blotchy education history and a rap-sheet that is as long as her mental health record, she has no hope for any kind of stable lifestyle, nor fits into any jigsaw space in society. Along with the perpetually cynical antique dealer Julian, and her only childhood friend, Domino, Alex has found herself in a particularly obscure situation concerning the supernatural. In the midst of retrieving occult artefacts and vanquishing the likes of low-level spirits, goblins, and skin-walkers, Alex finds her (thankfully) small group of two friends expanding exponentially with the likes of a ghoul, a cowboy, celestial beings and an array of other colourful creatures. Of course, the universe would not be quite right if it didn't throw equal amounts of Hellspawn and dating drama her way. Who am I kidding? The universe had a bone to pick with her. While trying to balance her unorthodox life, she quickly comes to the understanding that there are much bigger and scarier things out there than pissed off ghosties and murderous cults when she is dragged into a fight for humanity after a relic belonging to a particularly vindictive Prince of Hell is stolen.

The story of a deranged girl

When gods roam the earth, chaos follows them. Laila is a bastard girl from a small village named Strof. Abused by her mother, she aspires to be something more than just the bastard girl of Strof. Beginning when her brother is taken away from her at the age of eight, Laila's life begins to turn upside down. Everything she knew as fact begins to slip away. The world she thought was pure is slowly revealed to be toxic. The Fallen Gods are having a growing influence on the Western State and somehow, Laila is to play a role in stopping it. Laila must find what her role in it is, and fulfill that destiny. If she doesn't? She will belong to A Fallen State.

Little things that come across my mind it times of joy, sadness, or utter disgust. I hope to continue with many more parts but for now, enjoy 3D!!!

This is original poetry by me solely focused about the supernatural and the life we call our own. It is meant to change Perspective on how we view this unforgiving world. I hope you enjoy!