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Melinda Madrigal

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LONELY

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #201

Nobody ever said being at the top was the loneliness job in the world. Nobody ever said being famous was cutthroat and ruthless. Fame kicked me in the butt. It used to be fun and glamorous but not anymore. I use to have fun but that time is no more. I worked hard to get to where I am. I poured all my heart into my work. Blood, sweat and tears, I gave it all. Now I question if everything I gave is worth it. I lost so much time making it to the top. All I want to do now is return to a normal life. My friends and family are gone. No, they a...

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SECRETS OF A SMALL TOWN

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #200

My lips are sealed, that's all I can say. I was sworn to secrecy by the mayor and the town council. I couldn't tell nobody not even my family. If I told anybody what I saw I would disappear that was a promise the mayor made to me. What the mayor and the council didn't understand is that in a small town, rumors spread very quickly. The mayor nor the council could not have stopped the rumors. People talked and they talked a lot. The rumors spread like wildfire. I heard it all. The mayor and the council are stealing the town's money. The m...

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I SAW HIM HE SAW ME THE REST IS HISTORY

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #199

MELANIE History, epic, that's what I call my love story. It was epic from the first moment my eyes landed on Matt. History was our love story and it all began on a sunny spring day. Three years ago, I was walling in the park when my eyes landed on a stranger. I walked passed him but I had this urge to look back so I did. He looked up and saw me. Our eyes met. I couldn't move. I was frozen in place. This perfect stranger started to walk towards me. He was tall with deep green eyes. I couldn't take my eyes away from him. He came up to me a...

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SOMEONE SPECIAL

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #198

You did it Allison. I always knew you could. I saw it in you from the first moment you stepped into my classroom. I knew one day you would become someone great and I was right Allison Ryan, the very first woman president in the history of this country. On the very first day of school all those years ago I saw the potential in Allison to become someone great and as a teacher I had to help Allison reach her full potential. Greatness was inside Allison. She was smart with words and numbers. Science and history brought out the best in Alliso...

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NIKO'S FATE: A TESTIMONY FROM PRISON

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #197

What is fate? Fate is determined by the choices we make. Are the choices we make good or bad? Has fate finally come to get me? I ask myself these questions every day of my life. I governed my choices, my fate on what I thought I was supposed to do and because of my choices I landed in a place I never imagine I would be in. My name is Niko this is my story on how I landed in the most unimaginable place Prison. My story begins in my neighborhood of South L.A. where I grew up in a single parent home. My father wasn't in the picture, in fact I...

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JOURNEY TO ANOTHER TIME

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #196

Maybe in another life I can go to the past or to a different reality and see what life is like for those people. For generations I wondered about the past, about all those people who came before me, the good and the bad. I also wonder about the people who could possible live in a world that is identical to mine own. Are the people the same as the people in my world or are they different? Do we live in the same time period? The past comes alive in my head, the images of the people sit within me ready to be rediscovered. The events of the p...

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A SIDEKICK STORY

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #195

It all began on my first day at hero school. I was nervous, scared and down right petrified. The school was bigger than any other building I ever saw. I was a gawky teenager, nothing to be impressed about. I didn't know what I was doing here. This place was all about the heroes, the sidekicks were an after-thought. No one paid any attention to us. Then one day everything changed. My name is Winifred. This is my story. Everyone talks about heroes. Heroes are brave and strong, unyielding in power and strength. They are the ones children and ...

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THEY CAME FROM THE STARS

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #194

New Year's Eve 2013 The celebration of a lifetime was taken place in Time Square. Over a million people in Time square. Millions more watching at home. The clock strikes twelve. The New Year is here. Couples are kissing, marriage proposals, hugs among family and friends, than all of a sudden, a loud rumbling is heard. The celebration stops. The people look up at the sky. The sky darkens. A loud voice is heard. "We come in peace." The people all around the country stare in wonder as two ships appear. What happens next? Do these visitors come ...

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FOR YOU

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #193

It's the thought that counts. I always say. You do something nice for people and they don't appreciate what you did for them. The last time I did something for my special someone he was ungrateful. I did away with him. I don't like to be around negative people. I'm a happy person. I like to be around happy people. I smile all the time. I like to make people smile that's who I am. When people say negative things about me it makes me sad. Why would anyone want to be sad? After I did away with that ungrateful man and all the negative people...

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ANGEL'S RING

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #192

A ring symbolizes eternal love from my heart to your heart. My dearest Angel, my love since forever, this ring I found among your belongings was the first sign of my love for you. The first time I put this ring on your finger is the first time I told you I love you. I look at this ring and I still see the seventeen year old girl I fell in love with. The beautiful brown hair, hazel eyes and amazing smile. Angel was and still is the only one for me. In the years me and Angel have been together I gave her other forms of jewelry that symboli...

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MY LIFE IS MINE AGAIN

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #191

Life brings you unexpected things. Some of it is good and others can turn your life upside down. Then you spend many years trying to get your life back together. You succeed for the most part but you want more out of life. You want to blossom like the cherry blossoms you see blooming all around you. You want your life to begin again. You are open to it. How do you live again? My name is Molly and for the last decade I've been struggling with survivor's guilt over the events that took place on a very beautiful spring day. I still remember t...

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LEAVING IRELAND

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #190

My dearest love, Niamh The first thing I want to say to you my love is how much I miss you. I miss your smile. I miss seeing your beautiful green eyes but most of all I miss talking to you. Writing to you is not the same. New York has been good to me. I got a job working in a restaurant. It's not much but I love it. I made new friends. I told them all about you. They can't wait to meet you. I'm writing this letter to you from my favorite spot overlooking the water. This spot helps me think about a lot of things, mostly about you. I love New ...

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN A VILLAGE CALLED AURORA

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #189

Once upon a time in a village called Aurora where it was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark, there lived a young lady named Emerald who was the most amazing artist in the entire village and everyday between morning and evening before the sunset Emerald would go to the village center and sell her creations. But nobody would buy them, only a few of her creations would sell but not enough to keep beloved bookstore open until one day a miracle over took the village of Aurora. Here is the miracle of Aurora.My precious book...

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RIDING FOR FREEDOM

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #188

1961 "So, what's the catch?" I look around the room. Many more people I don't recognize enter the room. "Ayesha, the catch is we go to jail, we get beat, spit on and cursed at." I knew this is a strong possibility. I just didn't know it would happen so soon. Present Day Wow, look at me. I can't believe this was me, a girl in college fighting for her freedom. This picture was taken in 1961 the year I joined the fight for freedom. I still remember to this day the meeting that took place where we decided enough was enough. 1961 The meeting ...

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MY KINGDOM

Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #187

Who dares come into my kingdom? This vast land of beauty is my kingdom. No one comes to my kingdom unless I say so. I pace back and forth eyes unbending to these intruders who dare come into my kingdom. I roar with all my might. They look at me like I'm nothing. I am the master of this kingdom. They are not afraid. I show them my sharp teeth. They look away from me. Trespassers into my kingdom will be put down. Trespassers will learn their lesson do not come where you are not welcome. Trespassers will know who rules this might kingdom. ...

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