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Submitted to Contest #70
Mistakes have been made, and I am an unwilling participant in the game it plays. No one truly means to make mistakes that cost larger than you know your mentality is worth. Death is a mishap, a variable no one marks as a prospect of decision making. Dead is one that I had looked up to, one who was a role model to what I had hoped would shape my future. Dead he lays on the floor of a house I do not own. Those in blue suits show up before long, asking questions I canβt answer. My parents arrive thanking the gods above, and blame slips through ...
Candle light is the only illumination. Soft music plays with only the soft clacks of computer keys to keep a beat. The cold is enough to keep a chill but not quite enough to ruin the comfortable setting. It is late, but coffee is the only drink. Soft wind whispers at the window begging to come in, as if needing to be invited. It is so very lonely, ripping at my heart wishing that I could share my virtues. I refuse to step out into what most call civilization. For life outside my safe space is nothing more than regret. It is a wasteland of mi...
A High school student who just likes writing
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