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Submitted to Contest #99
The salty ocean smell and the feel of sand between her toes. Hot. But cool. Breeze blowing. Those dark curls damp and shining with that salty ocean spray. What a beautiful day. Perfect. But time to go. She had plans with Sheena. They were going out on the town bar hopping! Back to her house to sit on the porch or the swing and laugh like teen school girls under the moonlit sky. She was going to be 40 in one month. Sheena was only 22. She had some time before this milestone birthday. So a muggy breeze and a big big moon and lots of cars, so...
Submitted to Contest #36
Journaling they said, would help me sleep. I haven't slept more than a few hours in days. So here I sit pen in hand poised to make a mark on the page in this journal. Still poised an hour later. What to say what to write. How to express my feelings right this moment. I thought this would be so easy! Here's the thing; I want to write to sing to scream to talk and I want to change my life by doing these things and you know what realization I came to? I can't. Tomorrow I will begin the journey to yet another home. Another town. New people. New ...
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