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Awakening in Twilight
Her years passing time, an awakening in twilight transformed, beholding the silver landscape anew, examining the dwindling hours. It was a reimagined future, where starting was starting in furthermore, watching the despondent around her chase a daybreak they wouldn’t catch. … Continue reading
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A Spector Waiting
She’d seen them, born before death, yet trapped in a stasis, their vicarious lives forgetting to urge them to step outside. If learning was growing, if growing was living, they were crystalizing before her eyes, orchestrating a tragedy one day … Continue reading
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Snow Vow
Verglas cheeks, knees in snow, veil coated eyes blinding the skies, a growl inside, tearing life’s fabric, or was it her dreams refusing to cry? Frozen fists, conifer sentinels unseen, vowed intent excising lingering lies, seething inside, a howl brewing, … Continue reading
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Determined Relaxation
DO and there’s satisfaction in doing, but also risk of burnout. DON’T DO and there’s rest, but also the risk of stagnation and guilt. On any given day we alternate between doing and not doing, doing meaning following our writing … Continue reading
Not Standing Still
Fretting, worrying, she’d known it all, tears of helplessness to make her feel small. When her awakening came it was finding that trying quieted the fearfulness, ended the crying. Not trying to try, but trying to do, for in the … Continue reading
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Fantasical World
Once upon the glimmer of a fading thought, she caught a glimpse of the dream once thought gone forever in a life where her past self believed she had eternity. If improbably glimpsing the dream was a momentary reality, then … Continue reading
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The Road to Respect
There was a special pain in the moment she realized years of investment had made her a thing discarded. Her two-way road to truth was a one-way lane fraught with lies, all the sweet words in the world still amounting … Continue reading
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Owning Her Life
She was the owner of her life. Why had it taken so long to realize the truth? It wasn’t a question needing an answer, it was a truth awaiting her actions. “Can’t” became a firm “won’t.” She was no one’s … Continue reading
The Lonely Journey Forward
A journey, her journey, the encouraging words behind growing more faint with each step she took forward. Looking back, the distant smiles, they were indistinct representations rather than the sincerity once shared, or had she changed? Given the changes, her … Continue reading
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Where Snow Angels Hadn’t Yet Tread
Sparkling on the snow of another morning’s light were crystals of hope awaiting her hand to hold. She knelt in the white where snow angels hadn’t yet tread and grasped the life opportunity she thought she’d lost. Breathing in the … Continue reading
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