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Weekly Contest #337
For so long, there’d been darkness, stillness, as if time had forgotten it marched forward. Perfect silence, a haunting quiet of lost sounds. The edges of my vision blurred a hazy brightening gray as if waking from a dream to the lights on but not quite wanting to open my eyes. It almost hurt. Part of me longed for the darkness. It had become a comfort, safe in its unchanging and unrelenting. Colors came next, nearly as blinding as the light itself. I had forgotten the lush green of well-maintained grass, the shock of yellow in the distanc...
Weekly Contest #336
The words are like rancid honey, a sickly-sweet poison that coats my tongue in a thick layer of regret. We are both still, holding our breaths as if the words will disappear if we don’t acknowledge them, if we stay as quiet as humanly possible. But they hang there, bearing down on us, demanding to be recognized. The weight of truth is oppressive, suffocating. And there is no denying my words rang true. They’d remained caged in my heart like a feral animal. Clawing, fighting, stalking for the right time to escape. The right time to flee from...
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