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Vigmantas Balevičius

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Today is April 31st.

Weekly Contest #349

He opened his eyes. No, not when the alarm went off. Harry was forced to open them by a strange silence. No hum of cars outside the window, as always. No birds chirping. Nothing. Only a spider crawling on Harry's hand in absolute silence. Strange, he thought. Something had happened, apparently. Something had happened to the world. He slowly picked up his smartphone. What day was it today, the weekend perhaps? Although he didn't remember being in the mood for the weekend the night before. The phone's calendar showed April 31st. Maybe I hadn't...

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What makes us alive

Weekly Contest #348

Listen to how your heart beats. Tuk, Tuk, Tuk. Such a muffled, barely perceptible sound. When you are calm, rested and nothing disturbs you at that time. We almost don't feel it. Does the heart tell you something, inform you? No, it beats for itself and that's it. It probably only knows how many more beats it has left before it stops. The exhaustion of the limit. It is a countdown timer, gradually but consistently approaching zero. This scares us, constantly reminds us, commands us not to waste the time allotted to us on this Earth. To feel,...

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About religious addiction

Weekly Contest #345

There is not much practical advice on how to escape from the clutches of religion. Religion is a source of peace and life, but at the same time it can also be a curse, a prison that destroys a person as a creation of God, created for the joy of life, spiritual growth and love in the broadest sense.How to free the mind and soul from the hell established by priests?The goal of churchmen is not to open eyes, but to impose guilt, to cause internal confusion and to take over.This is not about when a person feels guilty that he has wronged, taken ...

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I think I love you a little bit

Weekly Contest #342

The wind gently caressed her golden hair, and she stood for a long time with her eyes closed.She said: “I want to remember this moment, I want it to stay with me for a long time, so that I can call up this image and feeling on dark snowy winter evenings, when the radiators in the room are barely lukewarm due to the extreme cold. When you can’t sleep at night, when you toss and turn from side by side and think about what you could have done differently, maybe better, but you failed.”It was the end of August. This is the time when summer is al...

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If you love her, let her go, if she's meant for you, she'll come back

Weekly Contest #341

Of course, the statement is good, especially when you say it to someone else. Everything becomes more difficult when you apply it to yourself. Because then it hurts a little, you are not sure that she will come back. Maybe the object of your love is not that attached to you, maybe it is just a few weeks of infatuation that will inevitably end.But here is the most excellent test. Maybe even better than a joint trip, or a vacation for two by the breaking waves of the ocean. When you belong only to each other and the forces of nature. When when...

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Inscription on the cup

Weekly Contest #339

The alarm clock starts playing a cozy melody quietly. Then louder. When I open my eyes, I see white frost on all the window panes. Winter. And even minus 20 degrees. It would be so good to hug you now. So warm and cozy. And slowly caress your hair, neck, breasts. To snuggle in and just be, no longer feeling the ticking of time.But the other side of the bed is empty. There is no you. The feeling of paradise is short, maybe so that we appreciate it more. But the promise remains. The promise gives hope that the old feeling will return. If you r...

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