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Etherial meadows bathed in whispers, soft places wrapped in trees, passion a vista on her skin as she settled deeper into green. Cool water meandered, surging as blood running free. Clouds floating silhouette, fingers tracing ecstasy. Passion’s love found, bloomed … Continue reading
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The Notorious Flashback
Given how I used to write, it’s strange to blog about the dangers and weaknesses associated with flashbacks. Back in the day, I was more than happy to spread them around willy-nilly. In the years that followed, I learned the … Continue reading
Clever
If and whenever, thinking herself endowed with clever, discovering the truth was more bitter than lies, the threadbare she owned was but rusted metal, the sword she was impaled upon. What they didn’t know, what her mind outside didn’t show, … Continue reading
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Compression
The day came, the news came, her destination broken, the road made hollow too soon. Compression, contraction, a heart stopped, each thought an ache inside. Emptiness swept aside loneliness, his place forever absent, a lifeline detached. Wandering nights, ghostly eyes … Continue reading
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IF
IF. One word, two letters. It appears in multiple well known phrases, but two, poles apart, have impacted my life the most. One phrase looks back, the other forward. One phrase would pull my life apart if I allowed it. … Continue reading
Focus on the Now
Cross-legged on the floor, she clung to composure, a chaotic wind wanting to tear her world apart, carry her away. “Focus on the present, focus on the now.” The words burst forth, words once learned, words surfacing when she needed … Continue reading
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Never Again
She believed in her own heart. They suppressed it. She believed in her own thoughts. They suppressed those too. She believed in her aspirations. They dismantled them. She believed in her freedom. They dismantled that too. She believed in her … Continue reading
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Determined Hope
To paraphrase the legendary Tina Turner, “What’s hope got to do with it?” Everything. Life experience has taught me that. In some circles, hope is simply optimism, a belief in a positive outcome. My view is a certainty that, if … Continue reading
Demi Love
a hand the hand beckoning whispering promising a romance of the mind a love that’d touch her inside a breath her breath each inhale shallow airy exhaling wanting more wanting love that would touch her mind a touch the touch … Continue reading
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Butterfly Spit
Oh, drat, what was that, that, that that just spat? Aw, shit, it’s butterfly spit. Eek, the dread, it was on her head. What a wacky notion to gain attention, supposing beautiful bugs could be brutish thugs. Their time in … Continue reading
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