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Weekly Contest #363
I grew up believing that love was a gentle, predictable thing. My parents loved each other wholly and unconditionally. I never saw their affection waver, but I never saw it ignite, either. It was constant and steady, not prone to ebbing and flowing.Their love was like a picture-perfect rainy day--the kind where you know exactly when it will start and when it will end. The kind where the raindrops fall slowly and consistently enough to know that you won’t go outside today, but not so intense that it affects you otherwise. It was everything I ...
Weekly Contest #354
Content Warning: mental health, suicide, physical violence and gore Heartbreak washed over me as I watched my wife set the dinner table for four, preparing the plates with such precision that they looked ready for a photoshoot. I poured glasses of water for the table and Chardonnay for myself and Amy. “Ellie. Jamie. Time for dinner, girls,” Amy yelled from the kitchen. I glanced at the clock: 6:42 pm. The familiar sorrow flooded my senses. The walls of my chest caved in, crushing my heart and lungs from every angle. As I clawed at the pain, ...
Weekly Contest #353
I am Earth; mother of the moon; daughter of the sun; sister of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; and stepsister of Pluto.I am the ground beneath your feet, the water which you drink, the oxygen that you breathe. I am the giver and the keeper of life for trillions of species. Each organism plays a vital role in maintaining my ecosystem, whether it’s a plant, animal, fungus, bacteria, protozoa, or microbe. Just as I give them life, they give me mine.And I love every single one, except for Homo sapiens. Journal Entry #...
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