J Davido

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“To Deny Happiness” by J Davido

Submitted to Contest #288

It was a completely still night, and I stood looking at the train tracks, regretting everything. The police had already scrubbed the area clean, but in the darkness I could imagine the ground under my feet still covered in blood; the blood of someone I once considered my closest friend. Her name was Alicia Grugle, but I always called her Ally. She was a beautiful person, not a blemish on her skin, with a personality to match. Her charms on her bracelet would clink together as she walked, matching her almost perpetual clear laugh. In a way ...

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As a person, I am very clumsy and constantly tripping over myself, both literally (I have no spacial awareness and regularly walk into walls) and metaphorically (my mouth runs faster than my brain, and that leads to both a bad stutter and saying things I don’t mean sometimes). However, I am constantly trying my best to make others happy and to support those around me through their struggles. Even if my best isn’t good enough, I do everything in my power to be a person deserving of the life I have.