Keila Aartila

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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“Allusive Oasis” by Keila Aartila

Submitted to Contest #160

I look around the desert for a drop of humanity to quench this undeniable thirst. An oasis of empathy to soothe my unrelenting heart. Am I lost? My parched soul keeps searching for refreshment, fulfillment. Nothing interrupts the dusty beige view before me. My aching feet continue travel over the shifting sand, moved along beneath the blazing sun by willpower alone, seeking solace, not death. Death may offer a seductive reprieve, but the allusive idea of solace is more intrigueing. My newly embraced mantra: Keep moving so as not to get mir...

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A mom of one teenage daughter and a happy wife in the far north woods of Wisconsin with a bunch of horses, chickens, Guinea Fowl, cats and a German Shepherd dog.