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Weekly Contest #353
Soft steps are heard in the garden, gingerly I hide. Looking from the bush, I see my mother. My love. Oh, how she is so sad. My initial motive to scare her is no use now as I emerge to make my presence known, "Mom, what is wrong?" I ask, stopping the innocent game.With a light glisten on her cheeks, she stares blankly before biting her lips. She knows her time is coming. I know her time is coming. We both know, but yet, is it selfish for me not to want her to go? "It's quite alright," she brushes my cheek with her bony hand before dropping i...
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