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The Ice Between
A rose, its beauty might thaw her heart, but it was frozen too, trapped beneath the ice, trash another heart had discarded. Crouching, she set her bare hand to the ice, the rose so close. Could it feel the warmth … Continue reading
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Close Enough to Imagine
She grieved love, the embrace she’d not known, the reassurance she longed to touch, to have near, tenderness like her own. There were times she’d watch it from afar, close her eyes to imagine it was hers, its arms about … Continue reading
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A Pill to Hold
How lucky she was, how fortunate in so many ways, there were no more worries, even on cloudy days. There was a pill for loneliness, a substitute for hugs, a pill to whisper to her each night, a substitute for … Continue reading
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Holding Rain
Waiting in the rain, tears collecting in her hand, waiting for her One, her someone, for no one. Someone for everyone, wasn’t that what she’d heard? If that was so, maybe her One had lost their way? Maybe she had … Continue reading
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Something She Heard
No one for her. Wasn’t that what they said, wasn’t that what they promised, from the day her heart opened until it should end? The words lingered. They had a way of dictating, a cruel promise that wouldn’t let go, … Continue reading
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Camomile Peace
She sought peace in a time that’d lost its mind, as it was prone to do sometimes. Camomile. Harsh new reality was the old one stripped bare, devoid of people who cared. Camomile. Strange that she was one of the … Continue reading
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The One Behind the Camera
She took selfies that were something else, that were what she imagined photos would look like if he was taking them. There’d be a quirky smile for him and him alone, a teasing sparkle in her eye, a profound love … Continue reading
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Unfurling
Walls, closing in, threatening to crumble. Her heart pushed and pulled, a weeping void between. The door for escape led to more doors, more empty rooms. On the empty balcony her tears falling to glistening pavement, she cast an unfurling … Continue reading
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Empty Games
Lost in a place she knew well. Alone where once others dwelt. She was grateful. Taught to survive apart, she’d found a way to live in her mind. It’d kept her alive. It was the choice she had to make. … Continue reading
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