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Submitted to Contest #50
The room is filled with the banging of drums and the chatter of the excited orchestra group, but it’s nothing compared to the loud staccato beat of her heart that echoes in her head. The discomfort of it makes her skin crawl, and if you add in the churning of her stomach, it’s borderline painful. It’s pretty ironic and funny, although not really, how she refers to this as the song of her body, considering she’s a musician herself; the bass and melody of both composing a unique yet almost symbolic rhythm. The girl takes a slow and deep breath...
Submitted to Contest #28
Imagine going to the beach. You’re the only one there and you can see every little detail in high definition, the first thing being the blue of the sea, with contrasting streaks of white hemmed along the edge crash to meet land. Imagine the moment it hits the dark wet sand, hear the rush of it creeping towards you, only for it to be pulled back home. Under your feet you have the hot and soft sand decorated with broken shells and colored glass. You bathe in the sun and take in the formula of smells that you can only get by the ocean, deep bre...
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