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Lydia S

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Out of time

Weekly Contest #297

The operation was complete at 11.07, on Monday 7th April, however that was not when the clock stopped. No regrets they say, and I understand that sentiment as it is indeed pointless. We do not know the future, we only know the past, and the present, and the reasons we did or did not do these actions. All we can do is do different, and for that requires learning, and choice. I will get two weeks. It is a holiday in time, or out of time I should say, and one that is seen to me as the solution to all my current problems. Time will tell if it is...

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Can’t let go

My heart is broken. Truly shattered. I know how to love and I loved until I got hurt. It could have just been a fight. I was though standing on a precipice pushed to edge.  I pushed everything that had troubled me away inside. Like boulders that increased their  load , grinding down and pushing until I was stood there on the edge. Staring it felt into the abyss I asked for one thing from you, what it was in some ways is  irrelevant, it was what it represented to me. When you are obsessing over the small things, ...

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Flashback

I remember when I was travelling forwards, and nothing seemed to bother me. Now I am going backwards, and it’s happening fast, with a sickening feeling in my stomach. I don’t want to go back, I really don’t, my thoughts pound as I am strapped in, and the date and time details set.  Time travel is experimental and yet someone must do it, to improve the science. I want it, I don't want it, over and over, my indecision rattled until the need to go back took over, and I found myself signing over all my rights to my mind, my body and mo...

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A wicked thing to do

Weekly Contest #277

I am tired, and it’s been a long day. The hike is beautiful and the view distracts me from my anxiety. I know I took a wrong turn and I’ve added at least ten kilometres to my journey. It’s getting dark and although I have supplies, and my head torch, I’d rather not be here. It is isolated and I am alone aside from a large hare that has just run across my path, and the sweeping condors dancing through the sky. My phone battery is dead. I took too many photographs, and then the chill of the evening took the final ten percent. I spent the ...

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