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Submitted to Contest #320
It was October twenty eighth, approximately around eleven o' clock at night, when I began to come to the realization my earlier conclusion was right. I let them convince me otherwise, a trait of mine I wished I could shake. While the rest of the world saw in watercolor and acrylic I saw the world in Charcoal and Ink. You may think that is depressing, but on the contrary It was the rest of the world you should pity. I saw beyond the pleasantries and masks we often hide behind. When you saw the outlines, you saw the raw structure of what makes...
The familiar orange, red, and yellow hues rain down upon the forest floor in swirls of vibrant color. I can feel the bite in the air. I am behind this season, my nest is nearly barren. My mother would say I have been wasting my days with horse play. As if she had ever seen a horse playing before. Perhaps she is right. I had been spending my summer days in the bushes that circle the lakes shore, Tunneling through them with excellent speed. When I wasn’t at the lake I was leaping through the canopy of the now vibrant colored trees. My legs spr...
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