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Submitted to Contest #43
Four children. Just four children running around together. So innocent. So uncaring about the world. So young, only five, six, or seven years old. Just four children running around together, having some fun. How I wish I could go back to that time. Where innocence was pure and ignorance was bliss, but we didn't know that yet. Maybe I can. Maybe I can just think about the time of childhood. Just pretend I'm back, running around, as one of the four children. Just go back...just for a moment...**15 years ago**"Rose, Come on!" I call out, sprint...
Submitted to Contest #42
I'm trapped. My heart is racing and my breathing is labored. My vision is becoming blurry and I'm choking on my words. I am not trapped in a physical cage or room, but inside my mind. I try and refocus, because I know I'm in public...right? I forgot. My mind is only focused on the panic pulsing through my body. I try and claw my way out of the deep darkness of my thoughts. I try. I try so, so, so, so, so hard. But I can't. I'm on the brink of losing control, but I can't risk that. I hear a faint scream, but nothing else from the outside worl...
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