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Submitted to Contest #98
There is a feeling that strikes me each time I return back to the ocean. A sharp feeling that makes me wonder if my fate is slowly turning on its edge, circling like a spinning coin until it falls flat on the table. The waves lapping against the waves make me flinch, asking me in the mists of saltwater if I remember whose hands my fate truly lies in. Distant sounds of creatures, larger and more terrified than I am called out in the dusk. The smell of fish and sand is diluted by the growing smell of hunger that masks our small shoreline...
Submitted to Contest #97
It feels as if I’ve been in here for years, seeing days pass without knowing exactly when I can touch the grass again. Cold damp cement makes my whole body shiver as I lay freezing on the ground. The feeling of filth beneath my feet makes me quiver, like there is a layer of someone else's memories trapped beneath the floor. A heavy chain drapes from my neck, holding my weak head to the ground and makes small marks in my skin. I never have enough energy to stand, I never have since I first arrived here. How much longer will they keep me trapp...
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