Christina Anne Hawthorne
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Pieces
She’d spent half-a-lifetime picking up pieces a man left behind, a man who couldn’t be bothered to ever do the same, the man who treated her with disdain. What if she assembled new pieces, all with her life in mind? … Continue reading
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Days Passing
Morning dawning, the day’s frame holding the light, time tucked away until the sun slips from sight. Letting days die and pass forgotten, yesterdays become hollow, poisoning today, poisoning tomorrow. Present moments cherished are new beginnings, for days lack purpose … Continue reading
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Arriving Late
No adoring admirers at her feet, no free pass in her grasp, rather, experience in her head, a past she understood at last. She’d envied those whose life paths presented early, though many took dreadful detours, burning up their lives … Continue reading
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Wrong Question
“What’s happened to you?” he asked, without looking her way, while avoiding the gray. If he knew what she knew about herself he wouldn’t have to ask for the first time. If he’d taken a moment to know the person … Continue reading
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She Wouldn’t Look Away
She braced, eyes wide open, the offense that was violence on full display, she took in senseless actions taking lives, taking away children before they’d lived, taking away the healing with more violence. As it should be, she wouldn’t look … Continue reading
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If I Must Choose, I Choose Ontyre
At the beginning of the year, I mentioned I was becoming disillusioned with the state where I live. I’m not going to go into all that, but I am going to examine the implications for my writing. You see, I … Continue reading
Proactive
It was the vow, the one she’d made to quiet her worry because everything could be worse in her head. The best path to take was the straight one, requiring proactive steps, no matter how small, because small steps also … Continue reading
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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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