Scarlette Layne

Scarlette Layne died of lies,
of the lies she began.
She tried, tried hard
to live from day to day.
But it wasnt good enough.
The truth hurt unconditionally,
and it was always there.
Scarlette commited suicide
but who knows why?
Why did she pull the trigger?
'She never really had a chance,'
some say,
'She couldnt live with herself.'
But no one really knows why,
why they found Scarlette
in a puddle of her own,
scarlet blood.
Its a case,
cold from the day it opened
because the world is always turning
and it left Scarlette Layne behind.

~The Em~

Endings

Have you ever seriously thought about endings? Its something that crosses my mind quite frequenty. The ending is the most important part of the book, if there is not a good ending, then the whole book is pointless. But thats the thing. Thats what so many people believe. Honestly, to me, there is no such thing as a bad ending. Lets just say you didnt like the ending because the guy died and the girl was left to pine for her dead lover, and it made you sad. Well good; it provoked emotion and thats a great thing. With any other ending, would that book have made you feel anything aside from maybe a little warm fuzzy that lasted five seconds? Probably not. Now youll think back to this book and say to yourself, that was a sad book and you'll remember that you felt something. Those stories that can make you feel inside are the best stories ever. The ending of the book is the most important part there is. I remember the exact last sentence of one of my favorite books. I love that. I love getting mad because things didnt go my way, that romeo and juliette couldnt be together, ect. ect. The author is a genious, seriously. I mean, if they can provoke pure emotion with fictional words, its just something i stand in awe of. The ending the author writes is the only ending that will work. Changing it would be like dubbing yourself pope of the catholic church, and thats really gonna happen. If you can find a book that can make you cry, keep it, its probably very good. I look at books, and i see remarkable endings, endings worth taking time to read 400 pages of pre-info just to get to. Endings are everything, and amazing everythings they are. I want to have a book ending, an ending so memorable. I want to go out, not with a happily ever after, but something more, something greater. I'd be truly honored if i could have a great author write my life. And i'd take my time reading it, just to make the end so much sweeter. So when you think again, that was a bad ending, think, could i honestly have written anything better myself? You will always answer that, no i couldnt. The ending is the most delectable part of the book. So i guess this is a toast to all endings out there, you're great; dont change.

~The Em~