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Submitted to Contest #222
That was the day the wind blew wild. The evening sun sinking down while autumn breathed his last and winter was born. That was the day my heart shattered and my world went black. Nobody tells you how hard it is to function with a broken heart. How you almost feel that you rattle when you walk from all the broken pieces. How you get through your day but its all a blur seen through hazy eyes and a dull mind. You can smile at cashiers and wave back at toddlers and then go home where you retreat to your familiar dark bedroom and sle...
Submitted to Contest #221
She should have been here by now, my whispers come out in small puffs that seem to hang in the darkening evening. My eyes lifted as the town clock whirled and boomed out 3, 4, 7 beats. The branches of the trees seemed to shiver along with me and I tightened my jaw to keep my teeth from chattering. Shifting from one foot to another I wrapped my coat tighter around myself. Smiling at a passing stranger, they seemed to look straight through me. I shook my head, people just got ruder and ruder everyday it seemed. It didn’t help the anxiety ...
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