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Submitted to Contest #337
Trigger warning: mentions of toxic relationships, abuse, cancer, and dying. Drowning. That’s what my existence with chronic illness feels like. You know those scenes where a character moves in slow motion beneath the surface of a vast body of water? Their arms reach upward, fingers splayed, scratching for the light above them. The surface is right there- close enough to see, close enough to taste- but not close enough to break through. They’re so close, yet so far from catching a breath that might allow them to hold on just a little longer. ...
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