Patu A.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“The Transience of Being the Sky” by Patu A.

Submitted to Contest #74

It took ten seconds to be in the sky.Nine seconds to notice that I was flying. And eight seconds to realize that I was not.The birds that flew past me tipped their heads to the side. Red, nebular eyes blinked at the illogicality of my being, wondering why I was in the air, and yet couldn’t soar. But birds carried on like a dash of breeze. They left me for the stratosphere. They couldn’t do anything for my wings that only had ten fingers.But in the quadrillionth of a second, I was neither flying nor falling. There were moondust and heliu...

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“A Sparrow from Bermuda” by Patu A.

Submitted to Contest #73

"How sadly the bird in his cage,watches the butterflies."-Kobayashi IssaWhen things do not go my way, I let them be. It’s common sense, really. The world won’t spin in reverse just because I don’t like the bursts of wind against my face. Time won’t take a few steps back just because I hate December twenty-fifth. And the road won’t turn left just because I want to go home and sleep everything away. “But I don’t want to be in that stupid party!” My sister says, but Mom just drives faster. “We do this every single year, but the Christmas B...

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Author bio

Why, hello! My name is Patrice and I love watching the full moon and imagining surreal sceneries. I'm new here, so let's be friends!!!