Eileen Burnett

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“The Logatré” by Eileen Burnett

Submitted to Contest #217

The Logatré by Eileen Burnett He peered out from behind the boughs of the delicately feathered trees nearest him, those last bastions of safety and solitude that one could run to before the landscape dropped off into the ichor-ridden tundra that now surrounded the land of his youth. The trees gave plenty of cover from prying eyes, and so Garran, grateful for the respite, took a knee as he scanned the landscape for any signs of life. He saw none.  Sighing, he turned his sights up toward the fimbriated filaments that danced overhe...

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My love of creating was squashed pretty early in life. Had to put it away, like many of the other parts of me, for the sake of others. Some willingly. Joyfully, even. Others not so much. But I made due. Now those obstacles are in the rearview mirror. Tiny specks, indistinguishable from the landscape. Children are grown, degrees earned. I am ready. I pull up to the water. Get out. Dip my toes in. This is me, wading.