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Taja Jones

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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One last time

Taja Jones

Most people don’t know a relationship is failing until it’s over. For Maya, she knew long before the breakup, before April walked out, before the incident. If only she had done something when she had the chance. Now she sits a shell of herself, watching as the love of her life is lowered into the ground. Watching as the single greatest thing to happen to her gets covered in dirt, while people who barely knew her cry, handing her cheap flowers and empty sentiments of getting better with time. Maya gives out hollow thanks, doing everything she...

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An Evening Primrose

Taja Jones

An Evening Primrose truly the strongest flower to grow. It grows in complete darkness and isolation. Yet it is still so beautiful and rare strong but somehow soft. I guess you could say that is why her mother named her Primerose. It was an odd name choice but perfectly suited for the little girl who lived in darkness. See she was born at the start of the worst pandemic in history. It was declared so the day she was born 11 years ago. Her mother remembers that day like it was yesterday. She sat in the hospital bed alone, scared, and in pain. ...

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He never saw it coming

Taja Jones

Submitted to Contest #72

Trigger warning - mentions of gun violence, illegal activity, and gang violence , and deathYou know if you were to tell Cole Connor six months ago that he would be serving a life sentence for 15 different crimes, he would've laughed right in your face. Well, that is now his reality, if only he would have known looked closer maybe he would have seen it coming.You see it all started that day he was taken off desk duty at work. "Connor the Sergeant wants to see you in his office now says it is important"Brian called out to him on the way back t...

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