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Submitted to Contest #86
Pink camellias for longing. Pink carnations for remembrance. Heliotrope for devotion. Yarrow for everlasting love. A single rose, deep crimson for mourning, in the centre of it all.I clutch my mismatched bouquet to my breast, take a deep breath and step through the short wooden gate into the graveyard. The smell of spring and freshly cut grass hangs heavy in the air around me, weighing down on my shoulders and my heart. It’s an unseasonably warm day in late February, the complete opposite of my first visit where the earth was blanketed in sn...
Submitted to Contest #60
Dawn broke across the horizon, and the light of the sun woke me from my fitful rest. I sat up in the sand, taking in the pitiful sight of my tiny campsite. Set up on what used to be a beach, sand stretched for miles where there used to be a shoreline. I was surrounded by desert where I should have been underwater, dead coral reefs rearing up in ruinous structures around me. My camp was made up of a flimsy canvas tent, a now cold campfire, and my amateur filtration set up. Water was a precious commodity, and I had long since gotten used to dr...
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