From June 01
I cannot drive a car
But I can go further than far
Thanks to the gift that I have
Of putting words together
In a most pleasing way
Simply put
That’s poetry to you
But to me
It’s so much more
As this is how I discovered
The most amazing thing
That I can do
Which is to travel
From hither to yon
Thanks to my ability
To make a goodly rhyme
I know what you’re thinking
Have I been drinking
Because who can use poesy
To freely get about
And you’re right
I can only go to and from
It’s the to and from though
That’s really friokkin’ cool
Though I’ve made it a rule
Not to tell this to those
That are in my life
You’re on the net
And we’ll never meet
So I can share it with you
Whenever now
I put some rhyme down
I leave my little life behind
And myself I find
Upon a station in space
Orbiting a world
That isn’t the Earth
From June 02
“My name is Bryce Colton and for the past five years, I have possessed the power of limited teleportation as I am limited to teleporting from the Earth to the space station that has been gifted to me. And believe it or not, this ability is mine thanks to the power of poetry. I write it and I am fully charged with the power for a whole day, which is good because I would hate to be limited in the writing of poetry for fear that I would automatically be sent away from home to the space station or vice versa because that would suck.”
From June 03
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“Why are you telling me things that I already know Bryce? Or did you think I chose you randomly? I came here because I knew all about you and because of that knowledge, I also know that you don’t want everyone in the world to know about what you have been able to do for these past five years because that would absolutely wreck your life and force you to give up poetry which you have sworn that you will never do.”
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_From June 04
“Who are you? And what do you want from me?”
He smiled at me and looked very much ready to laugh, but thankfully, held it back. “Isn’t it obvious Bryce? I want to use your abilities for my benefit. And that is exactly what you’ll do to keep your precious secret just between us, because I sure don’t want to tell anyone what you can do because then I won’t be able to use it for myself.” He was very satisfied with himself and I was crestfallen that my sweet good life was now in his hands.
_From June 05
“How can you do something so awful to anyone? I mean what have I ever done to you to deserve such treatment? That’s rhetorical by the way because I know for a fact that I haven’t as I’ve never even seen you in the whole of my life and you come here today telling me to do your bidding or I’ll bring it all crashing down. That’s something only an asshole would do.” I said, shouting at him without a care in the world as I had used my power provided resources to soundproof my little apartment.
_From June 06
“Ha ha ha! You think that you can live your life as you have these past five years and not have someone come along and challenge it like I have is a fool. You should have just left your little life on the Earth behind because it was never going to be very good because of the time that you gave to it.
_From June 07
I didn’t know what to say because I could hardly think as I was furious with him for trying to crash my life into the figurative wall because he was a criminal loser who couldn’t succeed on his own efforts. And no, it is isn’t hypocrisy as the power is mine and I use it responsibly and don’t hurt anyone by using it. So I’m nothing like him.
From June 08
“So you have me”
I said with a calm
I should have had
But all along
As I had done some things
To my ordinary body
To make it more special
Than the one that you have
Because of the goodly access
That I have to my station in space
Halfway across
The universe itself
Or so you think
Because I’m about to leave you here
Cursing my brightness
As you can only help
But sit in the dark
From June 09
“Not one more word Bryce, or I’ll shoot you and I know that you don’t want that.” He said as he pulled out a pistol and aimed it at me, with a look that said he wouldn’t hesitate to use it on me.
I just looked at him and smiled. Were you not listening to me? I’ve made some changes to my body and one of those changes was to make myself bulletproof, from head to toe so your bullet won’t hurt me in the slightest.”
“Oh really Bryce? Did you think I didn’t know that that was one of the changes that you made? Ha ha ha! Of course I knew.” And he pulled the trigger, looking very much like the cat that swallowed the canary.
From June 10
As the bullet flew at me, I couldn’t help but smile as I was bulletproof and no matter what harm this man was hoping to bring to my life, there was surely a limit to it as I had done things to make myself better over these past five years that no one else could because they don’t have the resources that I do.
From June 11
But then it hit me and I went down to one knee as the pain of this bullet affected me that badly, which it shouldn’t have done since I’m bulletproof. “What did you do to that bullet?” I said to him as he rose from the seat and slowly walked over to me, knowing that he had taken away my greatest advantage like it was nothing.
From June 12
_He laughed. “Ha ha ha Bryce. I coated it with Peramine which I know for a fact affects you and renders you easily beaten. This left me wondering how he could possibly know this when I had told no one about this fact on the face of the Earth. And I was sure that no one from the other side of the universe had followed me here and told anyone about this weakness of mine.
From June 13
But I’d also been sure that no one was aware of the other part of my life and thought that that part of it would impact this part of it. Admittedly, that was a very foolish thing to think, especially in this day and age where everyone has a cellphone and there are so many jerks who can hack your computers. And I never brought home one of the computers from Zetta Station that would have made that unlikely.
So here we were today because of my lack of foresight.
“You hacked me right? I was a fool not to protect myself when I should have, but that’s what you did yes?”
“No Bryce, it wasn’t.” He said with a smile. And I felt a pit of fear in the base of my stomach begin to expand with his answer.
From June 14
“Then how do you know so much about me?” I asked, hoping for an answer, even as I didn’t know what was going to happen next, which did not bode well at all given his actions against me.
“That would be telling now wouldn’t it Bryce and I don’t feel like doing that right now, so you’ll just have to wonder and that will drive you up the wall as you wonder when will I drop into your life again, because I will.”
From June 15
“Damn you!” Why do you hate me? Did I do something to you at some point in the past, even though I have no idea whgo you are and can’t remember ever meeting you?” I asked, thinking that had to be the case with him because otherwise, he was just an awful human being.
From June 16
“Again, that would be telling and I have no desire to tell you my reasons for messing with you. I think I’ll go now as I have more important things to do.” He said, like trying to crash my life was just a game to him and now he had his life’s work to do. But of course, what was of little seeming consequence to him was everything to me since it was my life that he was threatening to crash.
From June 17
The effects of the Peramine coated bullet fully caught up with me and I passed out and when I regained consciousness, he was gone, as was the bullet, which he somehow dug out of me, like he didn’t want me to have it to study and get insights into him.
From June 18
I still felt bad of course
As would anyone
Who’d just been shot
And fortunately
The power that I got
Allows me to travel
To a goodly place
Where I can get better
More quickly than I would
If I stayed here at home
On a humble little mudball
With the simple name of Earth
From June 19
And having been on the cusp of being charged up and ready to teleport from home to station when I started to rhyme earlier, this last bit of it took me over the point of being charged and I left my little life behind me once more and teleported all the way there, happy to be out of his reach.
From June 20
“What do you think about that Hempi? I’d really like to know and I want to know now, so please answer me, without any delays because it’s the least that you can do.” I said to him, as seriously as I could since It was very easy to crack up and laugh in short order when one looked at him and I wanted to be serious. No, I needed to be serious now.
From June 21
Now Hempi can’t talk so he is left with using his form to speak through actions, which is made easy by his ability to go from being a viscous blob that can make any form needed to a fast moving liquid that can only be overrun by a speedster.
From June 22
I’d known Hempi for months and we’d previously always gotten along so I in no way expected his answer to my question.
And because of that, he very quickly got in the first punches that were thrown.
Punches that hurt a lot too I might add. And I’m pretty tough too.
From June 23
But I found out today that there’s something to those punches of Hemp[I’s that is especially effective against me.
And that is a curious thing indeed as I’ve been laying the beatdown on a few bad people of late so Hempi being part of one of their devious plans had just crossed my mind.
“What are you Hempi?” I yelled out as I was barely standing up to his flurry of hard punches and wanted to know if what I now considered to be likely was in fact happening.
Now he can’t answer me in words of course, but he could in actions and I hoped his would stop being so awful on my form.
From June 24
But he didn’t stop punching me, with each one causing me further pain that I hadn’t expected this day, or any other, not from him because he was previously a bundle of fun.
From June 25
Now however, he was anything but and when this fight was over, things were going to change between us, like for good because I wasn’t going to stay with an enemy in my own home.
From June 26
Who sent him to me though?
And for how dark of a purpose as well?
Was he meant to be the instrument of my death or just my capture?
From June 27
Not that either were any good, but one gave me a fighting chance while the other was an end to the story that was my life.
And I didn’t want it to end, especially at the hands of evil, which I was sad to say was what Hempi was. Or merely a dupe of said evil. Either way, he was no good and I had to put a stop to him and the plan against me.
From June 28
We continued to trade blows as he was relentless and wasn’t going to stop until I failed to counter his barrage of punches and fell before his power, which I never knew that he had until today.
From June 29
Was he actually out of my league, in spite of his appearance and size?
I hated to think that it was true, but the results of our fight were not the least bit encouraging.
I wasn’t the strongest of the strong that fought those who do wrong but I should be able to handle a being like Hempi.
But I was only barely holding my own and I feared that he would soon gain the upper hand and finally lay me out.
From June 30
“Damn you Hempi! I was good to you and this is how you repay my kindness?” I screamed at him, hating that he couldn’t say anything back to me.
From July 01
“Taeva, if you can hear me, please answer. I need to hear you in my head now.” I said, having missed her for the past week and was starting to think I wouldn’t hear it again, which was something that I just couldn’t accept at face value.
From July 02
“Henry, I can barely hear you now, as I’ve gone so far from home I don’t know that I’ll be able to reach you again.” She said, sounding very sad, which was both good and bad, for obvious reasons.
“What happened Taeva? A week ago all was well and you were looking forward to experiencing the High Summer Winds to help in your flight training.” I replied to her, failing to keep my thoughts calm because the idea of never thinking with her again was just the worst thing she could have thought.
“I know Henry, all was well until I met Elder Taemov at the High Hills and he had his security detain me at his family cabin on Toph’s 3rd moon.”
“He took you to Toeth? But why would he do that?”
From July 03
“Not for any good reason my dear.”
“Yeah, I get that, but he has to have a reason and at some point, he will surely tell you what it is.”
“I won’t hold my breath for that Henry and you shouldn’t either.”
From July 04
“What should I do then?” I asked her, wanting to help her because of my feelings for her but not knowing what to do to do that.
“There is a way for you to come to me, if you’re willing to be daring because it is dangerous.” She replied quickly, like she’d been thinking about it for some time.
From July 05
“How do you propose I do that? I’m just a normal man and you’re millions of miles away from me which nis an impossible distance for me to cross in any amount of time that I could cover in multiple lifetimes without an extraordinary change that I know to be impossible.”
From July 06
“It’s so hot and this is the day that they choose to turn the power off and work on something in the street.”
“C’mon now Pete. You know that they had to work on it today otherwise they wouldn’t choose to do it since it is so hot.” Alice said sweetly as she lightly touched my hand, in spit of the heat when we were both feeling sticky and desperately wanting the power to be restored.
From July 07
“Time’s up Danny. What do you have for me?” Harold asked, as he held onto the phone tightly because he was expecting him to say nothing.
“I wish that I could say that I had written something Harold, but I didn’t write anything since we last talked.” I said to him, knowing that I had let him down again.
From July 08
“You haven’t written a single word in a whole week Danny? What’s up with that? You were writing daily without fail for years before we met and now you just stop writing? This is not like you. I’m so disappointed in you that I don’t know what else to say or do at this point.”
From July 09
“I know Harold. And believe me when I tell you this, I’m disappointed in myself too and know what this latest disappointment surely means.” I said calmly.
“You do eh? Why don’t you tell me what that is since you’re so sure.” He replied, keeping his anger in check even though we both knew that it was close to the surface, which was only right given what I hadn’t done.
From July 10
“It means that we are done and won’t have anything to do with each other anymore.” I said, looking him in the eyes as I had come to terms with this in the past couple of days.
From July 11
“You’re right Danny, we’re done. That’s it. I can’t deal with your failure to do the tasks that I offer you that will help us both if you could actually finish them. But you never do and never will. I get that now. You’re not meant for anything more than working at jobs that you don’t want to, but have to if you want a life worth living."