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Elation
The depth she’d found inside made her all the more alive. Elation. It burst forth from every pore, promising there was more, for no matter what they said outside she’d not die before her time. She smiled and skip past … Continue reading
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One by One
Her journey, taken alone, the haters screaming, others deserting, condemning, threatening, those promising support fading away, each one blinking out one by one. Maybe, just maybe, the fear was a blessing in fisted disguise, a caution, warning, inspiration to escape … Continue reading
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Her Unseen Steps
Emerging from abusive nothingness, fathoming her unfathomable return, she longed for a path, a plan, and possibilities too fantastic to discern. She grasped truth with understanding, carried her lessons learned, found forgiveness, discovered tenderness, and embraced diversity’s worth. Her passage … Continue reading
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Her Best Friend
She had a best friend once, someone she should have loved, for they’d shared hopes and dreams and everything in-between. She had a best friend slip away, the dear friend she’d held, whose tears she’d caught, whose hope became naught. … Continue reading
Live
“Live,” said The End. “Before I arrive know life, know yourself, for it’s only living that produces experiences to keep your imagination young. Nurture your arc, as you’ll nurture the characters you’ll one day create, for create them you will. … Continue reading
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Shelter
Seeking an anchor to shelter, a refuge, a safe place, a call to the elusive humanity she longed to embrace. Imagining a harbor in time, many hands to hold, a haven for collective dreams too seldom known. On a sinking … Continue reading
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Reunion with Herself
Hurtling through space and time, running from herself, chasing beckoning illusions promising nothing but promises. Stumbling, staggering, age slowing her steps allowed her to look around, to catch up with herself. Bent and breathing hard, she straightened her spine and … Continue reading
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Her Post-Apocalyptic Night
Ruined and ruminating, her chilled heart an ancient past shared with those searching, her shadowed sunset believing all was lost, a post-apocalyptic night waiting for a new beginning. All her expectations were dust, all she’d lost were forgotten things in … Continue reading
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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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City Life Lights
Precious night memory laden, hazy lights on a furtive bridge crossing, the currents glistening, the fog’s blue moonlight glow hiding truth and lies, echoing the music in her mind. Her balcony overlooked life’s carnival, humanity dancing on ebony streets in … Continue reading
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