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Submitted to Contest #52
The most important person in my life died a year ago and after he did, I was but a walking corpse, sluggishly moving onward and waiting for the day that I get to meet him again. My family and friends had repeatedly told me to move on, that he wouldn't have wanted for me to live this way. I wanted so badly to prove to them that, no, what we had was a once-in-a-lifetime connection, that this wound was so deep it would not heal with time. It would not even become a faded scar, it would forever ache and ooze an unending stream of blood. I hate t...
Submitted to Contest #50
I lifelessly sprawled across my front lawn, occasionally rolling around in an effort to get as much dead grass in my hair as possible. I'm not quite sure why exactly my heart was filled with a sense of triumph whenever I felt all those wild strands sticking out of my hair. I guess I have a somewhat masochistic, rogue side that feeds on my mother's harsh scolding. Today, my brother ditched me to go to his friend's house. He's two years my senior, a ninth grader, and despite his cocky attitude towards me I believe myself to be his intellectu...
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