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"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't.

Posted in Nonfiction on Oct 26, 2022

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The Cliché Of A Game Ending With A Kiss

Submitted to Contest #47

The first time you met Jesse Hargrave, you had a distinct feeling you would dislike this overconfident sixth grader. It was at a birthday party that your mother had wrestled you into going to. Because of your elder sister, Lexie got invited, and your mother assumed they had forgotten to invite you. Which even as an eleven-year-old you already knew was a bald-faced lie, but your mother being who she was wouldn’t hear any more of it. She had said you were going, so you knew you were going. The first thing that got to your mind when you g...

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A Million Years

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You stood in the middle of the living room while he waited there patiently. He looked into your eyes as if he was reading your mind, you knew he wasn't because then he'd know the answer.It felt as if millions of years had passed by, you kept replaying in your head the first day you met him. You were just little kids back then, so childish and immature. You just promoted from elementary, and learned that you no longer have sand boxes or basketball courts to do granny shots with friends. Even your moms won’t be packing your lunches anymore. Yo...

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War

Submitted to Contest #47

On your right is a boy you haven’t seen in fifteen years. War is an incredible thing.You try to turn your head and look at him, but a nurse rushes forward and tells you No. That word again. She adjusts the brace on your head and smiles a moist pink smile and says, “Not yet, ma’am, not yet. Keep it still, coupla more days. Then reevaluate.”You sigh. Out of the corner of your eye you see that he is asleep anyway.The nurse smiles again.“What happened?” you croak. All you can see is white, white, white, and her wide pink smile, and dark in the r...

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Just Like Before

Submitted to Contest #47

I would regret not saying it otherwise. Everyone who knew the basics of my life would. My eleven- year- old sister knew it, my aunt knew it, my best friend knew it, and I knew it. If I didn't tell him, I might not get the chance ever again. It wasn't just a chance- it had to be the right one. It couldn't just be anywhere, at any time. Seeing that it was the last day of ninth grade, the last day of our first year in high school, it seemed like a pretty good time.These past few years had been rough. Sure, good things had happened along th...

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Just Say it Already

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Just Say it Already As we walked along the street for the dozenth time, holding tight to each other’s hand, dogging on comers, and avoiding the broken sidewalk, I gazed at her when she wasn’t looking. The sky was cobalt blue with a trace of white cloud too thin to interfere with its grandeur. I’d only looked at it twice since we’d started walking because she was the most beautiful of God’s creations I could see. She knew she could talk to me all day, and I’d listen without interruption. She also knew we’d been walking for well over an hour,...

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Splinters of Shame

Shortlisted for Contest #47 ⭐️

Your sodden clothing offers you no protection from the razor edge of the wind as you watch your home splinter and shatter. It floats in pieces for a minute before being swallowed by the uncaring mouth of the ocean. Parts of your ship, now relegated to driftwood, spread like litter. Some innocuously bump your little lifeboat but others are larger and pose more of a threat. You see a remnant of the main mast, tangled with rigging, fast approaching and there is movement around you to avoid the snagging tendrils. There is shouting - sensele...

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Save Me.....

Submitted to Contest #47

It began as a whispering in the air. The day had been beautiful and the sky was like a dome of plasma-blue. The clouds had looked like airy anvils drifting under the gleaming disc of sun. I looked out the window. The sky was tar-black and the large clouds were moving towards me. I heard a tapping on the window and then it became a pitter-patter. The beautiful cocktail-blue shade was beginning to darken into gravel-grey. Large pillows of cloud were forming, blotting out the old-gold colour of the sun. I was too tired and so sad, her voice ech...

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Falling up

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"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't. You sighed and prepared yourself to speak up as you stood in front of the mirror that reflected a wealthy but distraught lady. Sunlight poured on beside the king-sized pearl bed right on your face. You glanced at the highlighter brightening up your face, the mascara covering up the burning eyes and the loose pale blue-lavender blouse with white slender jeans looking odd on your exquisite body. Ahh… such a life! Ups and downs, ups and downs…..‘Mom!’, she ut...

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Face Full Of Concern

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You hear voices that aren't yours. They come from your head. They invade every inch of your mind. Demons and shadows live inside. They talk to you and you talk back. You can only trust me.  Die.  Die.  You drown in an ocean of self-doubt and despair. The voice captures you and holds you hostage.   Everyone is trying to kill you.  Die.  Die.  Of course, you believe that everyone is trying to kill you. You believe everything this voice says. You're lost in your own...

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Just say it

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Your 29 years old and in a relationship with the most perfect guy you could ever think about. You guys don’t have much, but you have one another. Your parents don’t always get along, but you guys make it work. You met him when you were only 19 and you have known each other now for 10 years and a few months. You know the next step is coming in your relationship and you’re so excited about it. His currently at work and you’re getting dressed for a day out with your family. You reach for your favourite black pants and green crop top. You kno...

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Just A Dream

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You're scared.  Admit it.  You're fearful of many things, most of them bleeding into your regrets and hardships.  Just say it.  No regrets, right?  They lurk in corners of your vision, seep through small holes that dot your vision. They control you. The fear controls you.  It's the truth, and you know it.  There are many things you don't know though. Many things that line along the thin lines of reality just waiting to be discovered.  Does that scare you?  Well, it should.  Look around you an...

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SCINTILLATING SMILE

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It was the ball night. Something was strange about it. The stars were shining extra brightly making the magnificent sky extremely beautiful as if white pearls are all around this glamorous moon captivating attention towards itself. It was so calm to listen every little detail of heart thumping in the chest and thoughts striving to make those words popped out of your mouth as the time was right. You took a glance over the view to reach out the one you have been waiting for almost 5 years. " what if I didn't get the answer I'm looking for...

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“ Just say it - It’s over. I have moved on!”

Submitted to Contest #47

                    “ Just say it - It’s over. I have moved on!”“Chiplab”, a bright tall handsome man was the hot favourite of the girls around him. “Hey Sweety! What's up? Give me your number dear” was his cliché line that he shared with almost every other female he met. “Born flirt “ - a tagline was given to him by his colleagues and friends in the hardware company he worked for.He was not only charming but very observant as w...

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A Mother's Love

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As your mother, all I ever wanted was for you to be happy.It’s what every mother wants for their child - especially you - who saved my life just by being born. I vividly remember your innocent little face staring up at me, pulling my spiralling life into focus.You have no idea the pain it causes me to see you unhappy.You deserve the sun and the stars and the moon.A purity radiates from you I have not seen anywhere else.I wonder where you get it from because it certainly isn’t from me.But it’s there. You can’t always see it but others can. Ot...

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Your Regrets

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You always make me feel like I’m the one who’s wrong. Every small annoyance with you turns into a full-blown argument. Like yesterday, when you didn’t meet me at the train station and left me there for hours, hours in the pouring rain. I felt humiliated. Ashamed that I thought you'd changed. Do you remember how you dealt with that? You told me I’ve made you wait before, and I deserved to know what it felt like. That’s not a valid reason. That’s not even close. If our relationship is simply about revenge, how can it be healthy...

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