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Submitted to Contest #227
A boy and his girlfriend were only 15 the first time they told each other "I love you". What would come after was 60 years of college, his time in the service, and raising a family. At the other end of those 60 years was an old man and an old woman who had traveled the hard road together, and knew their time together was growing short. Then a voice said I have something for you. It was their heart, who had kept their first I love you in a safe place all these years. When the heart gave it back it came with all the memories of the good ...
Submitted to Contest #226
Kisses in the dark. The lightning flashes outside. Only those who have truly lived know that there is no difference.. "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." Shakespeare She co...
Submitted to Contest #224
Outside their window the snow is falling. One of two sisters, not eighteen years old between then, has ventured out from under her mom's chenille blankets. There's no heat upstairs and the floors are bare wood, worn to a fine patina from generations of use. Downstairs the fireplace is going. The crackle and scent of smoke mixes with the smell of pine from the tall Christmas tree across the room, by the turn in the stairs. The red and green lights and the little touch of heat they give off are turned off until morning. Outside the wood siding...
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