My Written Work

      I enjoy writing - a lot. My only problem, I am a tenacious slacker and I take forever to finish anything (unless it is for a class). I am currently working on a couple fiction projects - one is a teen spy drama and one is a young adult scifi fantasy. I also write poetry and I thought I might give you an example (which I generally write as song lyrics but I suck at playing music so I fail). . My short story is only the second one I've ever written so go easy on it. I have posted it at the bottom titled Countdown. I wrote Countdown one night while I was at work because I wanted to practice my writing skills on a simple story that I could later make into a longer story. The idea for it just popped into my head and I found I had imagined more information than I needed so I have made notes in case I want to continue the story.

Please don't steal or publish without permission.
written by Samantha White

Breathe

I want a new life
I'm sick of this fight
You grow tired
And you grow weak
From getting kicked back in the teeth
When all the world tries to keep you down
All you want to do is shut it out
Just take a moment to stop
Breathe
Take a deep breath and empty the threat
Clear your mind to start over again
Every day is a new day
Just be happy with tomorrow
Live from day to day
All you have to do is take a deep breath
and just breathe

Unbroken

This heart is unbroken

From the life that I've chosen

My mind creeps back to that night

We promised we would never fight

And then I woke up this morning

The sun was so bright

The emptiness beside me

I swallowed hard and felt it grow

I knew it would never again

Ever be the same

All all the time I'm looking out

Praying for a sign

I just want to be alright

Don't wanna cry another night

I'm tired and I'm weak

But I still can't believe

How much this heart is unbroken

I know I have to be strong

And I know I can't be wrong

We only get one chance at life

So make this chance alright

I wonder if I'll ever see

A little face smile up at me

That's when I wake from this dream

I realize the life that I've chosen

How much this heart is unbroken

This heart is unbroken

From the life that I've chosen

My mind creeks back to that night

We promised we would never fight

Another Victim

A woman's scream breaks the silence

Her child's gone from the room upstairs

A frantic search leads to nothing good

Another story for the morning news

Another victim of the world we

live in today is so harsh

in an unforgiving way

All it takes is one blink

of the eye and your gone

taken into oblivion.

A gunshot shatters the darkness

A young teen lies in the street below

Blood pools around his head

Another story for the morning news

Another victim of the world we

live in today is so harsh

in an unforgiving way

All it takes is one blink

of the eye and your gone

taken into oblivion.

A baby's cry startles the night

The car comes to a screeching halt

A man stumbles out and slurs

"can't believe what I've done"

Another story for the morning news

Another victim of the world we

live in today is so harsh

in an unforgiving way

All it takes is one blink

of the eye and your gone

taken into oblivion.

Shorts:

Countdown: the beginning of a short story.