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Write about someone finally making their own choices.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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A Resigned Shrug

Submitted to Contest #95

Time was moving on.  The wall clock's alarm rang when it arrived at exactly nine am on the morning. The alarm reminded me of the striking bell from the famous Big Ben, when I happened to be on a national trip in London last summer. I was one of the favourites by then.  It was a reminder to me that it's time for an end-of-the-week meeting. Every other Fridays I would've confidently gotten on my feet and shuffle to the meeting room to discuss the progress, receive reports and give out instructions on what should be done on the co...

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The Queen of the Ruby Castle

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Queen Emilia Rosso looked at herself in her scarlet hand mirror yet again. Although she was young, eighteen and looked as fresh faced as any teenager, and considered very beautiful by all of her subjects, she was always dissatisfied with what she saw. Emilia looked at the strawberry-blonde hair she inherited from her father and always saw fault in how dark it was. She looked at the two blood-red eyes she’d gotten from her mother and wished that they could be an even deeper shade of red. Emilia looked at her pale skin and always wished it cou...

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Forever Home

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______________________________________________________ There’s No Place Like (A Haunted) Home.______________________________________________________“Well! It’ll take some cosmetic work, but otherwise it’s in good shape.” said Willow’s mom looking at their new house. “And it was cheap.” said Willow’s dad very pleased. “Wonder what’s wrong with it?” he said but got a quick reply “Don’t joke like that.” said his wife.”... But you promise we’re not moving again?” said Willow “Yes, Willow. We promise this is the last time.” replied her mot...

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Sophie and the Seagull

Submitted to Contest #95

Yesterday, Sophie’s fussy and overbearing mother left her at the train station, pressing a Hershey bar and an orange into her palm. The chocolate was an extravagant treat 100 years ago, even among the well-to-do. She wished her daughter well and walked with her to the platform to board the train heading north, promising to be waiting for her in this very spot one week from today. Sophie couldn’t remember a time in her young life when she had ever defied her parents, but this time she decided she had to grab the opportunity to prove to her ov...

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The Golden Rule

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I grew up in a society where you cannot make your own decisions. It was a rule made thousands of years ago to hopefully “improve society”. My parents call it “The Golden Rule”. In my opinion, this rule is awful and shouldn’t be a rule. However, there is absolutely nothing I could do about it. Let me go more in depth about the golden rule. When you are a little kid, your parents make all your decisions. As you get into your teenage years, you get assigned a “decision maker”.  A “decision maker”, hence the name, makes all your decisions...

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Broom Hair

Submitted to Contest #95

(TW: depression, attempted, and mention of suicide)The ends of my hair look like an old broom. My fingers get caught in the tangles in my hair as I run my hand through it. The roots at the top of my hair are slick but as my fingers pull through the knots in my hair locks become dry and split.I should wash my hair-- probably get a haircut too. I move my hand to my teeth. I drag a fingernail across my teeth while the crud gathers under the nail.I’m sure my teeth as well as my hair wouldn’t mind if I brushed them. The mouthwash too wo...

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The melody of your doubts (deticated to Rogers Nelson and any melody that used to visit your mind in times of difficult doubts)

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Berta turned on her left side and snorted sweeter than usual. - Was there even one reason not to take me seriously? - There was. - I don't believe it. - I've had my natal charts read. For the first time in my life... - I don't believe it twice.    The day was like a gray weekday Tuesday. It was drizzling drearily and surely. A good time to walk by the Tower. But It's Saturday! - I didn't think we'd ever talk again. - You can't just leave it at that. - I can hear the fear in your words. Are you serious? - It doesn't work like t...

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Be loyal, Karma never waits!

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"Tina! Tina! " Jayden called her. She didn't even see his face n started walking with her friend Stella.  “ Tina, he is calling you,” Stella told her. “ I know, ignore him” Tina continued on her way, without a glance at Jayden. Every step of her made her remember the thing he did. She went to the coffee shop with Stella , her mood didn’t allow her to drink coffee, she asked the waiter to parcel it.Seeing her sadness, “what’s wrong Tina? tell me. He said.” “ No nothing, just bitter memories of the past” Tina chuckled, “ Are you sure?” Ag...

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Forbidden Fruit

Submitted to Contest #95

Twenty chairs usually lined the long farm table. This room, but for the table and chairs, was empty most of the day, and yet, it was here that Hannah felt most connected to her family. Tonight she eyed the extra chair warily as she and her sisters carried heaping platters of food from the table as the family assembled. Daed sat at one end, his bib overalls caked with the toil of the early spring planting, Mamm at the other end tucking stray wisps of hair back under her kopp. Mammi and Daadi sat across from each other in the middl...

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THE DEATH OF A TEACHER

Submitted to Contest #95

This year began as the best year of my life.  Now, at the end of this long, hard, pandemic year – one of the hardest ever for every teacher – my classroom phone rang, as it sometimes does during class, but instead of ‘please dismiss so and so” the principal’s secretary was on the other end. It was three-quarters of the way through fourth period.  “Is everything okay?” I coughed.  “Hon, ask your neighbor teacher to come watch your students and come on. The principal wants to see you.” That wasn’t a yes or a no. My students star...

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One Choice

Submitted to Contest #95

It takes a strong person to make the moves that their life actually depends on. I've made so many wrong turns and I payed for it and still working hard to stay out of the obsession of destruction. Living life as there was no wrong turns. It was not my intentions but I was clearly apart of my character defects. I was drowning in my pain that I created by the choices I made. I did not know where I was headed and sure didn't care. I never felt like I belonged here on this earth. I assumed people didn't like who I was. I was a kind, sensiti...

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June, June

Submitted to Contest #95

‘’How are you feeling, June?’’, Minnie asked as she caressed the white gown with her hands. June dared not to break her sister’s kind spirit, for Minnie was far more feverish than her. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the virtuous sister had spent the last weeks being a docile daughter, making all kinds of arrangements so June wouldn’t have to. June, on the other hand, would have preferred to make the arrangements herself, for she hated favors and benevolence, it made her feel like a slave. June much rather preferred being independent and makin...

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No Hesitation

Submitted to Contest #95

“You need to wear this jacket with that dress,” Karen's mom said as she placed the garments on her daughter's bed. “It makes you look more professional.” Karen nodded absently. Her mom was always giving her fashion advice. More than that, she was always giving Karen advice and was usually right. Karen had learned long ago to listen to her mother about everything. “Thank you, Mom. I need to get ready now so I won't be late for the interview,” Karen ushered her mother out the door so she could start getting dressed. “Don't forget to review...

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From the Memoirs of Julie Cunningham: Dragon Orthodontist

Submitted to Contest #95

Everyone always talked about how I should ‘take life by the horns and ride’ or some such nonsense. Given that I’ve never gone bull riding, I was never quite sure how to go about doing that. I know that this may come as a surprise to you, given that I’m a famous dragon orthodontist -- not something for the faint of heart, for certain. However, it’s the truth. I was almost incapable of making decisions -- right up until and including the first time I stared a dragon in the teeth. Crooked teeth, I might add. I was a hormonal fifteen year ol...

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closed mind is bliss

Submitted to Contest #95

The beauty of having someone to decide every little thing for you while you grow up becomes prejudicial in the city of Landow. Although Maressa may contest it, her life has been more than four times threatened by circumstances.  There’s four core types of deciders in 2050, Landow: Conditioners, Logisticals, Knee-jerkers and Maximisers. A Maximiser works their brain by exhausting every possible outcome linking any consequence – good or bad, to their decision. In fewer words, Maressa catalogues them as overthinkers. A Knee-jerker us...

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