JasonTheStranger

Jamie sat alone on the football field And I'd watch those tears fall down And every day I'd say Jamie don't cry today Lift yourself off the ground Well one day as I walked, me and Jamie had a talk She told me what was going on Said her old man left and her mom was a drunk Said she couldn't take it anymore Said she couldn't find the means to keep living out her dreams I said Jamie don't you worry no more Oh Jamie And a week went by That sad look in her eye I said Jamie don't Let the world pass you by And she said to me You can't see it how I see I wish it weren't so true Wish this world was not so mean Oh Jamie Oh Jamie

Chapter Three      The street was bathed in orange light cast off by the setting sun; street lamps lining the block just flicking on, casting their bluish hue into the still dusk air. A warm wind blows briefly, scattering leaves across the front lawn of 625 Lake Street, the dull clapping of wooden shutters floats lazily in the welcome breeze. A house, just like every other occupying the 600 block of Lake, stands vacant; its mold covered windows, cracks spreading like spider webs gracing its upper stories staring out over the street like a lifeless pair of eyes. Only a brief movement from deep within the depths behind one of the decrepit bui

      It was fall. He knew it was, because the leaves were falling. He also knew, because it had been fall for some time. Almost four years now… The leaves had been falling for four years. Ever since the war had ended, and the weather had changed as the smoke from all the fires filled the atmosphere bathing the world below in a perpetual hue of red. There had never been a summer, a spring, even a winter. The trees grew their leaves, and immediately died, their foliage quickly turning to shades of orange, red, and brown. He knew it wouldn't change for awhile. Fires still burned in distant cities, filling the air with toxic pollutants. He