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Submitted to Contest #74
Window frames broken and curtains torn and tangled. The heart of the building crushed, the corridors and floors, destruction beyond repair echoed through the empty halls. And yet a soul, between the rubble, still standing tall. A young woman truly surprised by her own self. A woman who could walk. Although, to speak the truth, waking wasn't the unexpected. Being alive had already defied the rules on its own. And nobody was there to explain why or how. Not even she could figure that detail out. And so she did all that she did best. She just w...
Submitted to Contest #64
I attempt to forget, as I am tempted to remember. To remember your face and recall its features, the way you looked and looked at me. Deep in my soul that stare of hatred crawled beside my heart and out of it took a bite so big – a chunk – left me a daze. “Stop!” I screamed “Wait” I pleaded. But beggar non, me not enough for sure, to stop you that day from leaving. “Sorry,” I said “I am so sorry” over and over. Pinching your ears like a gramophone’s broken needle, stuck on an endless cycle of repeat, but the damage was not to ...
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