Lane Burns
Bio
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. I’m still just finding my voice and coming to believe that I can do this again. I like writing poetry and darker fiction. As well as some fan fictions!
Stories (53/0)
Perfect Cracks
We live in a world that strives for Perfection. For an ideal form of beauty and flow. Even when we try to make things so accessible, there is a hidden truth to it all. We still judge constantly when someone doesn’t fit the bill. The employee that got all her work done in the morning, is suddenly lazy this afternoon because she’s just sitting there waiting for more work to come in. She may not be the manager but she really should strive for more if she wants to move up in the world. But the instant she burns herself out or freaks out over a little mistake. Everyone will tell her she is not a machine, she isn’t meant to be perfect all the time, and that she needs to be kinder to herself. After all the company takes pride in their mental health incentive, and we can’t have burn out can we? But the double edge sword of expectations always cuts deep.
By Lane Burns2 months ago in Poets
Don't stay out in the Snow
I had found a new footprint! It was left in the fresh snow. It wasn't like mine, not human. But I couldn’t think of an animal with six toes. It had been snowing all day, and I finally was allow outside. But only for twenty minutes. Because it was getting darker and the snow was still falling from the sky. Maybe just this once, I could breaking mum’s rule. I took one last look at the porch light that was flickering on. It was easy enough to see in the snow. And Miss Rose said that ever good explorer broke the rules sometimes.
By Lane Burns3 months ago in Fiction
Thoughts on Death
Today I wanted to try something a bit different in my writing. Though I have tried, I am not one for blog posting. I hardly think my life is entertaining enough, nor do I take the time to research and create an educational or entertainment based blog. I’ve fantasized having a blog about urban legends and spooky stories… but ultimately have crushed those dreams. But before I digress too much into the dreams of old, I should probably get to the point of this blog. And that would be death.
By Lane Burns3 months ago in Writers
My New Writing Journey is about to Begin!
What do I want to do this year on vocal? I've contemplated this one for a fair few weeks. For awhile I was considering throwing in the towel. I don't have many reads, and sometimes I tend to flesh something out and just let it loose onto the innerweb before it is ready. But somewhere in all the pondering I came to the simple conclusion. This year, I am writing for myself.
By Lane Burns3 months ago in Chapters
Lane The Writer
What is identity? Typically when we ask this question, people throw out words that point towards this unique sense of being. And we end up with this idea of a specialized unique string of words and thoughts that make us who we are. In essences, it is a fact of being. And that's just at the basic level of the individual. Each person has their own individual identity, but we also become a collection of group identities and perceived identity. So when I am asked the question of identity, and to think of a particular moment where I have grappled with who I am. I generally cannot think of one individual time. As it seems that each year offers a new set of challenges and situations that have me redefining who I am in the world and how the world comes to see me. It becomes this ever changing factor of life, that I don't think can really be pinned down. Now, I have been known to be a anxty individual, whose always questioning the boundries of society and of myself. So this could be an inherent bias I have. But, even at the ripe young age of 26, I find myself once again in an internal battle of the day old question, who am I?
By Lane Burns5 months ago in Writers
