Courtney Berntsen

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“The Peacock and the Blue Jay” by Courtney Berntsen

Submitted to Contest #28

What if saying "I love you" was as simple as that? What if our asinine fear of rejection didn't transform our most pure, and warm emotions into a sharp blade? What if any time someone said, "I love you", the person in question would reciprocate those feelings without fail?This is, of course, completely unrealistic.Fear of rejection is still set into us like an alarm system. The words "I love you" alone can be hollow replicas of what they were truly intended to mean. And sometimes, not every person is even able to feel, comprehend or express ...

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