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Submitted to Contest #101
Messy hair, a shirt too long, smeared makeup running down my face. I am reminded of my acquaintance Hannah's words; “the mirror makes you look much better than you actually do.” I stare back at my own reflection and am displeased once again. My father’s words simultaneously echo through my brain; “If you can't even love yourself, how can you love anything in this world at all?” Despite the urge to bawl based on my physical appearance, I pick up my hand bag and walk out of my room as ready as I could be to face the day. “Good morning m...
Submitted to Contest #97
I sit at my window sill, my palms sweaty, face tense, hands clutched tight. The only thing keeping me physically stable is the repetitive chant in my mind; “I am okay”. Though I am in complete terror, I am no amateur to an anxious mind. In truth I have experienced this very feeling before, and before, is an understatement. I am pretty much know as the anxious kid everywhere I go. At school, where I scurry out of my seat in the middle of the lesson, and pace around the classroom. At home, where my room is filled with stress balls, fidget spin...
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