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Weekly Contest #348
thump… thump… thump…That is where I begin.My heartbeat.Small. Fast. Certain.I didn’t know the words yet, but if I did, I think it would be called living.It is the first thing I ever know, even before I know that there is a “knowing.” It is not something I hear. It is something I am. It fills everything I could possibly be, even though I do not yet understand what “everything” means.There is no world beyond this. No sky. No ground. No body I can describe. There is only warmth, and motion, and the constant, quiet insistence that I exist. I am ...
Weekly Contest #346
I wake up to the sun shining bright in my eyes, disoriented and confused. I don’t know where I am. There’s an endless road stretching before me, and I’m sitting on a boulder beside it, its rough surface digging into my palms. There is nothing but the road, a few rocks, and a dull sky above it. I suppose I’m lost, but I don’t remember ever going on a trip. I take a deep breath, calm my racing heart, and decide to get up and start walking. After what feels like half an hour, the landscape still hasn’t changed—no trees, no animals, just the un...
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