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Write a story about somebody in love with someone from their past.

Posted in Romance on Mar 11, 2022

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An Unlikely Chance

Submitted to Contest #137

A brisk wind blew across my face with the smell of changing weather. My lungs steadily inhale the cold air while walking through the park. The leaves radiated yellow, red and orange as some subtly fell around the ground. I sat on the bench, absorbing the sun's warmth, finding a couple walking with their hands intertwined. A sigh escaped my breath as I pictured myself with an old flame in a setting such as this. I remember as if it was yesterday, the loving gazes we shared, the kisses that were sweeter than honeycomb, and the soft expressions...

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Fortuitous Love

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What is it about roses that makes them so beautiful? The colorful petals? The long green stems? Their strong but subtle scent? What is it about a song that can instantly put you in a better mood? The harmony? The melody? Maybe it’s the combination of the two… It’s the same thing that makes the clouds seem brighter on a rainy day. It makes a bad day seem better no matter the situation. A rose is more than just a rose like a song is more than just a song. It’s love. I was a tomboy growing up. Preferring jeans and tshirts to the typical leg...

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She did.

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The holes where his eyes had once been were now dry. He knew this, not by cause of his daring to touch inside them with his fingers, but merely for he felt them drip no longer. He who had once feared nothing. He sat in his prison cell, blind, crushed by the weight of his own flesh. He had to strain to lift his muscled arms that had before brought him the world. His knees were weak below thighs that had chased down lions. Once he was as a king, now he could scarce lift his head—not for having been brought low, though he had, but by reason...

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First Love

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           “John, they're going to put me in a place.”            “No, M, nobody’s going to put you in a place.”            M. had been having trouble at work. We were no longer  going out  but I was still her best work friend, so I was driving her to the psychiatric appointment the employee assistance program was making her keep. When I told her she was not going to a ...

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Love Always

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Katherine and Adam had known each other since childhood. Katherine’s family had moved into the house next door to Adam’s when he was nine and she was eight. They became fast friends, always playing together, in one house or the other. By the time they were in high school, they were considered an item. No one could get in between them, and everyone knew, that when the time was right they would get married. Adam knew it, and Katherine knew it too. Adam was looking forward to graduation. Katherine was an honors student, so although she was a y...

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Swipe

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Dating apps are the worst. …okay, maybe they’re not the worst-worst. They’re definitely not as bad as losing a loved one, or a world tragedy, or getting stuck in thirteen consecutive red lights on the way to work. But they absolutely rank in the top ten…top fifteen? Ugh, whatever. A-ny-way, dating apps really suck- and I mean, really suck. One moment, you’re chatting with a nice guy and bam! They punctuate a sentence with a dick pic. Or there’s this lovely woman that all but has your heart and- unspeakable horror! Her smiles and blushes we...

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"Playing Doctor"

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"I can't believe I am doing this. I haven't seen her since high school," Gary whispered to himself. He was staring at an acrylic painting of a cabin nestled between tall clusters of pine and oak trees. Two children were depicted playing on a tire swing. The autumn leaves, mixed with brown pine needles, blanketed the forest floor. The painting reminded him of his childhood home. He was startled by the creaky sound of a door opening behind him. It was Lisa. Gary smiled widely. "She is still as beautiful as the day I met her," his nostrils flar...

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undying love from angel falls forest

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He was only meant to be in love with her for a minute, what felt like a lifetime of agony, that constant pining of affection. Ernie Earnshaw knew best he had it all; after all, he was the captain of the football team, he was the most popular kid on campus at the college of the knights high. What seemed like a perfectly normal teenager, but he had a past he couldn't get past this girl that he had met in the forest her acquittance was none like the other girls who he had met she was different her pale complexed skin, her shining blue eyes her ...

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The Spot

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“The Spot” – by Ihuoma Mike Ekwueme You would think that after spending over 7 years apart – with no communication, no run-ins at the mall or the street that intersected our neighborhood, no contact with our families whatsoever – that the sight of Ichebadu Pepple will arouse no feelings inside of me. I was wrong. Very wrong. About a year ago after my National Youth Service (NYSC), I got an offer to work in one of the largest newspaper companies in Benin City, Edo State. I was hired to be an Editor for The Tribune with very limited exp...

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Shiny Black Door

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Shiny Black Door Taking a deep breath she walked up to the shiny black door and knocked. There was no reply. She had known there wouldn't be as soon as she had seen his car wasn't there. She should go. Now.  She had taken a very big risk by coming here. She thought that to see him, maybe touch him for the very first time in years and to hear his voice again, but this time in person, would heal the deep aching she felt for him. It was like a heavy weight that she couldn't put down but he wouldn't even answer her emails anymore. Her m...

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The Traveling Carnival

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I’m falling. My body jerks forward. I wake to my brother, Jasper’s face in mine, still grasping handfuls of parachute silk with white-knuckled hands. “You can’t keep doing that,” I say, trying to steady myself. Jasper lets go of the side of my hammock, the quick release of tension causing me to sway back and forth. He smiles. “We’re here,” he says. “Where’s here?” I ask. “Who knows,” he says. “Another little town. It doesn’t matter; we have work to do.” I’ve stopped keeping track of all the places we’ve been. It’s not worth trying ...

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Ultimate Fantasy

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The Ultimate Fantasy. Ceaseless winds all night; weather prediction mentioned likelihood of passing storm fronts. Seasonal changes rolling up from the south west pushing squalls across the city. Impossible to sleep, rain beating down on roofs. On this windy night, Rosa had already been up twice shutting various windows she’d forgotten were open. Rain tumbling in, wetting carpet, sure need cleaning up in the morning. Usually she would have closed windows or Jonathon would, double checking them all, due to his pedantic nature. Bloody coffee...

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These Enchanted Shallow Waters

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Life is not love, but then some people put life in a cardboard box with “LOVE” block lettered on the front. For those the world is special. And instead of being left with a dark and shadowy mind their memories will bend over backwards to show themselves in order.  --- Once upon a time, she was sipping tea and candlelight with the great navy sky held aloft by the wind, right outside her window. She was still and listened only to the faraway sounds of the street. She was free.  Once upon a time, a time very similar, he stood in ...

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The Goddess Returns

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Acknowledging the waiter I raise a hand “Bocadillo y cafe por favor”. At the next table a woman wearing sunglasses gently tears a croissant into chunks and starts feeding some birds nearby; she seems to be in her element, clicking her tongue as they eagerly accept the offerings. I catch her fragrance as I sit down.Though it’s a rare and fine gift in life to be anticipating the first coffee of the day overlooking an early 13th century Gothic style cathedral; I am distracted. I take a quick photograph but I’m in that mood again, I can’t shift ...

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A Love Never Forgotten

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What is happiness if you don't share it with the ones you love? I've been blessed for the last 45 years to have been married to the most wonderful man and blessed to have three incredible children and four grandchildren. But my thoughts every now and then go to what I lost. It was the end of the Vietnam War. Soldiers were coming home. POWs were being released. But the one person I wished for so many years to come home never returned. I love this man with all my heart. He was my whole world. He also loved the Army and was proud to ser...

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