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Submitted to Contest #311
Sensitive content includes substance abuse and physical abuse The first time I met him; I didn’t like him. His goofy smile was untrustworthy, but so was everyone else back then. I eventually warmed up to him and trusted him. He was my friend. A true one. He was kind, I didn’t know what that was like. Only it couldn’t last, we left once summer was over and I never saw him again.…I was raised mostly by my mom. My dad left her when I was barely a year old. Whenever I asked my mom, ‘why?’ She gave a different answer each time. Left for a younger...
Themes of suicide. I didn’t have a choice. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. There was no other way. There wasn’t! I could have died. I didn’t have a choice. But she did, didn’t she? She had a choice. And she chose wrong. Why is that my fault?! I had no other choice. I did the right thing. That’s what they told me. She was going to kill us all. Wasn’t she? Yeah, she was. I didn’t have a choice. It can’t be my fault. It isn’t! She had something metal in her bag. Sure, it could’ve been anything but it could have been a knife or a gun...
Submitted to Contest #285
Standing Here Without You The pain in my heart still feels like a thorn. It pierces in deeper as I think of him. A moment longer and my heart would bleed out, I don’t want it to. I’ve been numb these past couple of weeks and I want it to stay there. I don’t want any days without you by my side. I say you as we’re actually talking, yet it brings a shadow over me. It’s almost like a lie I tell myself every day or maybe I’ve just been forgotten. Thanksgiving was unbearable, I didn’t know how long I had you. Everyone moved on, our friends and fa...
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