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Submitted to Contest #102
Locals say they were the wind. Well, I’m just here to catch the breeze. A questionable silhouette that was always there at the right time. Some say that they were the shadows. Finding peace in the darkest corners when someone begged to be saved. They’ve earned the name “Depth,” standing for the hole you may fall in if you chase them too long. Maybe I’ve already fallen. Or maybe… they’re who I think they are. If I am correct, then this search has been worth it. Months and months of searching for my father, and maybe this supposed loca...
Submitted to Contest #94
Midnight, no time to be thinking. No time to lose myself in what everyone else wants from me, or what I think I should be doing. I should call her but my mind is holding my body back from what it wants, my mother’s love and embrace. I miss her so much that it makes my chest ache, it’s either that or the estrogen pills finally working, maybe both. My mother and I have always been stubborn when it came to making up and facing the fact the pros outway the cons when it came to us. I guess everyone expected us to iron everything out that night. T...
I thought Simone would propose yesterday, bit was a complete fail. I’ve been waiting for and anticipating this for a while now, but maybe she knows me too well to where she’s forced to crush hopes and sweep me off of my feet when I least expect it. We didn’t actually believe in the westernized concept of marriage but agreed that we would want a special day dedicated to our love, just for us. Something more private than pride, but more open than an exclusive anniversary. To be honest, it’s like we’re making excuses just to celebrate how happy...
Here I was. Jumping off of my ex-girlfriend’s roof because of a dare. She had sworn we were fine, and she wasn’t mad, but things took a turn once we played truth or dare. I had chosen dare since I thought I was safe, but when she drunkenly dared me to jump off her roof to see if my “commitment issues” have been resolved, I took the challenge to my chest and quickly climbed to the roof from her balcony. This wasn’t just a dare anymore. She was seeing if I had changed, even though she didn’t want to commit either. So there she was, already tak...
Submitted to Contest #93
Well, there it was. The large fire that was currently burning my house down in the middle of a thunderstorm, ironic. I thought Chelsea Adams meant figuratively when she screamed that she was on fire, but when the curtain was set ablaze, we knew something was up. Can’t believe she actually died with a lampshade on her head. Guess she found her perfect match because the lampshade was decorated with lots of nail polish and once she stumbled into Smoky Steve, who was in the middle of lighting up his fifteenth cigarette in the backyard, I guess t...
"Pauline, I see sparks in your future. A colorful one filled with twists and turns. Be careful not to get lost in it all," the fortune teller's creaky voice whispered to me from across the old table made from a crate and a dark purple blanket. I can’t believe I just spent $15 to be told that I’m going to see fireworks later. Everyone is, I mean that’s always how the summer carnival ends. What’s so special about that?I quickly scoot the old stool back as I stand up, thanking the elderly fortune-teller as I leave a tip for her hospitality. I m...
If anything horrible happens, just know that my mom forced me to go to this party. Although, I don't think anyone needs that explanation since my pale skin and wreck it ralph t-shirt tells everyone that I haven't been to a party in years. The last one I've been to was my younger cousin's third birthday party. She's thirteen now, and let's say that I wasn't too happy about breaking my iconic, decade-long streak of avoiding any kind of social interaction. So when my mom tricked me into entering her car to "go to that new fantasy movie you alwa...
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