TJames T

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“Running Toward Yesterday” by TJames T

Submitted to Contest #272

If not for the deafening beat of my heart, the sound of his footsteps would give me the strength to finish the race. Reality quickly confronts me as I peer over my knee; the finish line is only seconds away. However, my body and my mind have reached their breaking point. The once crisp lines dividing imagination and reality, blur in an instant. Those not blurred beyond recognition, divide in two, three, or even four to skew my perception, and the worst of them do both. With my back against the wall, I push through the burning sensation in my...

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I'm an Engineering Manager by day, a father of seven (two bio, three step, 2 foster) kids, a DIY enthusiast, retired (20 year) Army Veteran, first generation Italian, who was born on a naval base in Rota, Spain and grew up in small-town Northwest Ohio.