Melissa Armeda
Bio
Sometimes-poet. Sometimes-novel writer. Lover of food and pets of any kind.
Stories (19/0)
For the Human Who Needs Rest
Welcome, shoe-walkers. This guide is for my housekeeper; however the fur on the streets is that you could all use a little lesson in the fine art of napping. So, please allow me to be your guide. Here are nine rules from the feline community that may aide you in your pursuit of a better nighttime rest.
By Melissa Armeda2 years ago in Petlife
Hopeful Hearts
The Hopeful Hearts, is what they called us, in the first few days of the Markings. Messiahs. Prophets. Harbingers of hope destined to bring peace upon the decimated world. We were a small community, at first—strange but insignificant little anomalies rearing up in unrefined pockets of the chaotic world. We were easily dismissed, then. But it wasn’t long before our numbers grew, more and more of us bubbling up in more and more places until, finally, we could no longer be ignored.
By Melissa Armeda3 years ago in Fiction
Commander of Life
My fingers stretch, the skin molding into smooth lines and then back again into spidery wrinkles. Fatigue has settled into the smaller joints near the pinky and so I massage them with extra attention. These hands—I have always said--are the perfect metaphor for myself as a human being.
By Melissa Armeda3 years ago in Fiction
What does ADD feel like?
"So, what does ADD feel like?" The title illustrates a good question--an imperative one, actually. But what frustrates me--I mean really frustrates me!-- is that when you Google that very same question, the results are too ambiguous or too technical to comprehend.
By Melissa Armeda3 years ago in Psyche