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Submitted to Contest #42
***TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE***I take the razor and make a few slashes across my wrist. The blood comes almost immediately, but I deepen the cuts. This is it. No more pain, no more problems. I was a mistake, and now I’ll be erased from the world. My moms won’t have to deal with me anymore; their burden will be lifted. I watch as the blood keeps pouring into the bathtub. Everything fades away, and my body hits the water.* * *When I was 8, I watched from my bedroom window as a van pulled up in the driveway of ...
Submitted to Contest #23
Sandra Millers I smell snow. I breathe in deeply, the fresh but cold air filling my nostrils and eliciting an unfamiliar sense of tranquility in me. I look all around me at the abandoned streets of New York City, savoring the emptiness. I’m completely alone, surrounded by nothing except for the beautiful canvas of snow that lines the streets. Each windowsill is perfectly dusted with a layer of white snow. I take a few steps, each causing a satisfying crunch beneath my feet. I can’t help but smile as I begin walking....
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