Amanda Blanton

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ā€œBeneficiaryā€ by Amanda Blanton

Submitted to Contest #30

The fact that I couldn't escape was enough to drive me mad. Living with it day in and day out. Night after night, I had to survive my thoughts. Pray my way between twilights. I just wanted to escape...To leave it all behind like you did. In the deepest hour of the night, shadows filled my vision. It woke me in a way Iā€™d never experienced. As I've done in the past, I pulled on my boots and jacket and headed out the front door. My breath clouded as the warmth around me was breached by late autumn air. As alone and cold as I felt, the ...

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I've grown up in a little, Indiana town, only to move to another. Even after marriage and kids, I find time to write, draw, and paint. My deepest desire, though, will forever be the art of writing. It's me greatest escape from the trash of this world.