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The steps of hundreds can be heard, and yet, I can no longer do it. My legs can't carry me for much longer. ”Shouldn't we stop for a rest?" My meager voice could barely be heard over the dust and heavy breath. The ones surrounding me are making the air shallow and thin. My companion, my friend, a few steps before me slows momentarily at my words. Surprise colored in dismay in his tired eyes. "We cannot afford to stop, not when there are so many signs that we are close." His feet already shift to continue, the dust picking up again between hi...
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I hold my pen, staring at a blank page. A processed piece of wood rests unmoved on my desk. And I understand I can make nothing of it. There is no life in it. So I stand up from my chair, feeling the cold air brush against my hair from the open window. My gaze shifts up to the gray skies, to the idle silence of cars passing by. I take my pen and shove my notebook into my pocket before stepping outside. It is cold now, the wind making the air feel transparent like glass. Walking aimlessly through a city I know by the memory of yesterday, I s...
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