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Paul Tyree

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

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The Room with an Open View

Paul Tyree

The place was cold and dark. It was certain that the room which was bland with no more than a metal bed and a toilet was at least not without some furniture. I was laying on the floor instead, because the bed gave no comfort and it was very hard begin metal. It was no offering anything but more pain and suffering since I was bleeding from my back. I was being tortured daily, endless removing me from my room just to be scared into sharing secrets, Secrets that could very well get me killed for even remotely showing in my face what I actually ...

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The Very Things that Matter(ed) Most

Paul Tyree

To be more than an average person, yet not knowing what we wish to do exactly to become that better than average person. We seek out answers and try to solve all the problems, of not only our own, but we then want to do the same for others. As if life was not already a mixed bag of uncertainty and the unknown, as if the world was filled with incomplete and unexplainable things that either bring with it fear and depression. As if we all want so much to become a reality, then we place things on a shelf that make life less stressful. or make li...

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The Rules are There are No Rules

Paul Tyree

The rules don't always apply to all as they are made by those who make rules for others and yet they make their own rules up as they go along throughout life and expect others to follow the very rules made by them but not for them. There are those who try to confuse you into being something you are not or are not meant to be. They lead you or mislead you in a direction that may cause you to question all the many things and the very reasons behind what you have been believing because those that mislead you are in the dark themselves. It seems...

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To Fall Prey to the Unknown

Paul Tyree

The moment the idea came into my head, it was bigger than my own brain could comprehend. I was not sure what feelings or emotions I would allow myself to feel. I was not certain how I would be able to compute the things that were becoming my train of thought. I was new to this pattern of all that mattered and yet somehow I was not too concerned except that as I was thinking and putting all into a certain order, it was obvious that I was well aware of what may or may not happen. I was at an age that even if they were actual words of reality...

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To Know and Yet to Become

Paul Tyree

The main reason behind knowing is to believe that knowledge will help you get through anything that life throws your way. If we hold onto that very fact, we will somehow become better for knowing and finding that we knew it all along. We believe in so many things we hear but sometimes never look for the truth in what we believe, and more so take them for face value. If we do this more often than not, we never allow ourselves the opportunity to discover more in what is shown us and what is actual facts. We should always ask the why or at leas...

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Quitting is not an Option

Paul Tyree

It was the only way to find a way to exit out, yet this was not one of those open options, not in the slightest bit. It begins to become unbearably hot and there is no relief in sight. You run under and over things, looking for anything moving suspiciously. You sense danger when there is none. You breathe heavily and it keeps your adrenaline pumping. You rush towards openings in walls, racing towards doors that slam shut or windows that are barred from you exiting them. You are paranoid and looking around, you are not sure whether you will r...

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Hidden in Plain Sight

Paul Tyree

"How do you figure out the truth, without the truth being revealed to you?" "How do you know what will become real, before it is even spoken about?" "How does one know who will be the one to arrested for committing a crime, when there is no evidence that they actually did it?" When asking who, what, where, when, why and how, it is better to know what the facts are, what the proof is to show to all that it is an open and shut case. Without proof, nothing has happened, and no one will ever believe word of mouth only. When the door is opened wi...

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Surprise, surprise, Surprise

Paul Tyree

It started out to be one decent day, or a decent moment or even decent whatever. I was wanting this to be a simple basic day, and it was beginning to be just that. "What could go wrong?" "What could happen to change this from a simply awesome day, into a day filled with more questions than answers?" "What could cause this day to become more of one filled with regret and being sad, instead of happiness and joy?" Your guess is as good as mine would be or could be, yet I was not sure how to or where to begin. I was surely wanting this good s...

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To Yearn for Something that is Never Spoken

Paul Tyree

The time was upon us. We were never sure when and where it had started and surely had no idea when and where it would end. We were lost. We felt we had outlived our usefulness, then the reality set in, and it became more apparent, we would never be allowed to speak of or know of it ever again. We arrived in a transporter, along with others, who were sentenced to the same painful existence, yet this was not the end, which would happen later. It was a moment in which we were looking at and like a mirrored reflection, we were only seeing the tr...

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What is This?

Paul Tyree

So here I am walking down the street, passing by the same way, seeing the same things I do all the time, when I noticed a shadow hunched over and trying to remain hidden from sight. I headed in the direction of what I saw, not sure of what I saw, then was confronted by this stray, who appeared timid and frightened by seeing me. At first, I was not sure how to respond to this surprise meeting of a stray, which had been near where I was walking all the time, yet I was feeling saddened by the idea that anyone was having to be out in the cold, e...

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The Word that can never be Said

Paul Tyree

So the one word that is spoken can no longer be spoken. "Geez, what next, no one can say they are A (angry), F (frustrated, S (sad) or worse, cannot say how they feel without fear of being placed in jail?" Seems that the one word that remains nameless, is one that is part of affection, is associated with a passion and desire, along with all that makes you feel like you are eternally high.... on the word that never be mentioned, never ever again. It is a word that has been uttered and mentioned, yet one person, only one person, in say a milli...

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Which can be the Best Kiss? The First or the Last Kiss

Paul Tyree

To have loved and lost, is better than to never have loved at all. There is some truth to that saying, of course it can be understood in many ways. The kiss that is given will be the same exciting, dynamic, and wonderful moment, whether it is the very first kiss, at the beginning, or the last kiss, like at the end of a date or something closely related to the kiss itself. The sweetest kiss is the one that is given as a surprise, which happens when you least expect it to happen. It leads to the kiss that will either curl one's toes or send sp...

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It was the First Time to meet and Fall in Deep

Paul Tyree

It was the first time we met; it was a moment that I will never forget. It was love at first sight, it was happiness in the morning and the perfect ending to the day, now, day turned to night. It was where I was, sitting there in my corner booth, drinking my mixed drink, reading my long-awaited book, and not noticing anything else, or so I thought. I looked up from my book, was caught by a glance or a stare, and this other person was looking in my direction. They stopped when they noticed me looking at them, as they were looking at me, and ...

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The Truth can Hurt More

Paul Tyree

The day was not too bad when I first got up to go out. I was looking forward to meeting with my mom, with whom I chose to meet for coffee, around this time each Thursday. I was getting dressed and making sure I had my usual two cups of coffee, before I headed out, so that I would be mentally and emotionally prepared to meet with her. The facts were this, she was in her early eighties, was starting to show signs of dementia, and sometimes came to the coffee shop, missing certain items, that we would use to have our Thursday chats, while we sh...

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Changing is Sometimes for a Good Cause

Paul Tyree

To go into a local restaurant's bathroom. To find a stall that is empty, to then open your gym bag, rustling through your gym bag, to find the costume you will be wearing. You reach over and open the garment bag that has your new, pressed costume, the one you will wear to do your "gig" for entertainment, and you giggle. It's your first time getting into your costume, feeling silly and slightly embarrassed, you dress in your getup and are walking to the bathroom sink to apply your make up. You place your nose and your wig on, making sure they...

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