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Submitted to Contest #324
I walk the precipice. Flirting with the edge. Getting a little closer with every few steps, testing the stability of the ground beneath me. Sometimes, an ambitious foot sends a mound crumbling off the edge, and I scramble to stay on solid earth. But I never stray too far from the edge; it’s the “What If?” that holds me there, that keeps me from veering too far to either side. One side is faux-green, the other dark, with a hint of light far below. The earth under my feet is uneven, brittle in places, and I step carefully, aware that one wrong...
Submitted to Contest #319
And just like that, I’m conscious again—no light to welcome me, no song to soften the return. No need to adjust my eyes; they’ve stayed open, still searching. I take in the surroundings through what little sight I have left. The world wears a thin, scarlet veil, my vision deteriorating with each flicker of awareness.I make out the outline of trees in the distance. We’re trekking down a road—desolate, or maybe just unfamiliar. Hard to say how long it’s been since I was last awake.I try to take stock. I can’t touch or move, but I feel the weig...
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