Stephanie Postma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Now I Understand” by Stephanie Postma

Submitted to Contest #69

I remembered as a child I would sit at the top of the stairs, peeking my fingers through the baby gate, trying to get a glance at the tree that was safely hidden downstairs. My mom would try to persuade my siblings and me to leave the gate, to sit at the table and eat some breakfast or watch some Christmas movies on the couch. If she got really desperate, she would offer a cup of pop before lunchtime. Usually, my siblings were persuaded but I refused to leave. I preferred to sit and wait until it was time. Once, I spent all day in front of t...

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“We Stand Together” by Stephanie Postma

Submitted to Contest #45

We stand together.I am the one you observe on the streets, but never truly see. You wave, give a nod, talk to me about my day but you don’t see the face beyond the mask. You don’t see my family, my pains, my joys, my sorrows, or my fears. I am a body to serve your needs. I am nameless, one among hundreds. Indistinguishable from the others. We stand together.But I see you. I see your clenched fists. The way you turn your children away and speak of my kind in hushed words. I am the one you curse for the unpaid bill, the consequence at the...

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