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Submitted to Contest #40
I walked through the dark damp forest as my arms stung with cuts and scratches that the branches of trees had wished upon me. I did not stop walking, my body felt numb and empty as if I was a mere ghost walking among the living. I reflected on what life meant to me and saw but a spark of light. It was from Florence. She was the only person I loved and the only one that ever returned it back to me. She was my life, the reason I lived, she was the only person that I lived for. She had nut-brown hair that fell back onto her shoulders. Her eyes ...
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