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Write about someone who’s so obsessed with a goal that it leads to the destruction of their closest relationship.

Posted in Sad on Oct 31, 2022

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“It'll Be Okay” by Marriah Jennings

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I stare at the clock on the wall, counting the seconds until I can push myself out of this stiff, uncomfortable chair and race my coworkers to the elevator.  At home awaits a mouth watering beef stir fry and my best friend. Sammy has been with me since I moved from my parents country home to a far off city almost 10 years ago. City life has been good to us. We spend every morning and evening together, taking long walks and exploring the streets around our apartment building, or sometimes hanging out and watching movies together. Aside...

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“The price of Success” by Jo Joshua

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It was another happy home-coming for young Tayo, of a truth his sleepless nights and diligence had paid off. He came out tops in the entire school, with outstanding results. Ever since his admission to the university, it has been all business and no pleasure for this young man, all he has been pursuing from day one, was academic excellence. And now, after his final exams and results, he gets to return home, to share the great news with his family. Things had never been easy for Tayo's family. From a young age, he learned the importance of ha...

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“Frost” by Brianna Mota

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Obadiah and Lana dated each other for many years online until one day they met face to face and both of them felt that the love they had for each other was real. For a time, they were inseparable, and they married. Slowly over time, Obadiah started to change, started to spend less time with her and increased the amount of time he spent online in a virtual world game where things in there looked very real. The Avatars looked flawless in every way physically.One day out of the blue she walked into the room that he was using to play the vi...

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“Robert's Lament” by Ramon Nieves

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There comes a time in your life when everything seems to fall into place. That dream you have been working hard to achieve, but my dream turned into a nightmare. My name is Bobby Snow, and my story begins a couple of years ago; a week before my 30th birthday to be exact. I was born in the bustling, cold lonely city of New York. The Big Apple, whose slogan is if you make it here, you can make it anywhere. I was starting to feel like the pit from that rotted apple because my goal to live under the bright sun-palmed sky of Miami, Florida by the...

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“Drip” by A Mehendale

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“Well, if that’s your decision.”The knife glints in the flickering fluorescent light.“Let me know if you change your mind.”   It sinks to the hilt into his gut, slow and deep and deliberate.Retreating footsteps. They pause.“I wouldn’t wait too long, though. If I were you.”Hinges creak as the door swings open and shut.And there is nothing left but pained gasps, shallow breaths, and the slow drip of blood.****************************************************************************“Have fun in there?”Avia’s waiting for her outsid...

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“Autumn Daydreams” by Mars A

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It all started with this dream...fragmented and bare...whenever I tried to think directly of it, it would escape my mind, like a slippery eel. Only when I least expected it was I indulged in details, but even then they were glimpses, smudges of what I dreamt.  So far, I understood that the moon was unnaturally large, a pungent green color, and the dream consisted of this beautiful girl, who’s face I can’t remember...normally I don’t give a second thought to my dreams...yet whenever  I wake up I do so with a gnawing, uneasy feeling,...

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“Leaving without Loving by: Rachel:)” by Rachel Kabamba

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When Mom died, I made a goal, and that was to leave this world without ever loving anyone. To achieve that, I promised to trust no one and never let people in. Mom was the only person I ever trusted. I loved her with every fibre in my being, and I cared about her so deeply because she was my best friend and my only friend for the longest time. I wasn't always a loner, but you know how kids are. No one wants to hang out with the kid whose dad killed himself after everyone found out he abused his wife and son. So, yeah, I had no friends from ...

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“Mercy killing” by Ana Am

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Growing up with a twin wasn’t that different from what the media often showed. There was an unspoken connection between siblings, an unconditional support, not even their parents were able to match. The filial love Mercy and Agatha had for each other was similar to loving their own person, just as natural, but somehow easier, almost instinctive. One would not cry without the other, one would never laugh alone. That's why as they grew older, as they became more independent, as their connection started to lose its comfortable intensity, an unu...

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“The Scholarship” by Tobi Tijani

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There can only be one.Those are the words that echo in my head as our class teacher, Mrs. Afolabi, talks about the prestigious Ganiyat Sadau Scholarship, which will get one lucky student into Fairfield University in the UK, on the first day of class.The requirements are straightforward: excellent grades. Recommendations from five teachers. An exemplary record of behavior. A thousand-word essay based on the topic, "How Would You Change the World?"It's everything I could have ever hoped for.Victory, my best friend, winks at me from the seat be...

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“Torn at the Shoulder” by Neil Naft

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He hesitated at the door to her room, took a breath and slid inside. Her eyes blinked open. Tired, drugged out. They jelled into focus. “You’re still wearing it,” she said. “Yes,” he answered, trying to smile. “For me?” “Of course.” “I never apologized.” He shrugged and she continued. “And you’ve never fixed the tear.” “No. It reminds me.” “I’ve never thought about it. Since….” The silence settled and her eyes closed. He studied her face. The slope of her forehead, her full lips, her cheek bones and her jawline. Her nose whe...

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“Artfully Fiendish ” by Dylan Twittey

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Both arrived at the twisted metal school. Bellona towered over Briar. The mere inches of height she had on Briar were exaggerated by the stairs and her heels. Briar sat defeated and lost on her luggage. Her parents had dropped her off with cab fare and no fond farewells.  Staying until summer at the Hendsbee Academy for Advanced Artists, friendless and destined to wilt under the eyes of students and teachers more talented than herself, seemed a fate worse than death. Bellona kicked her luggage, startling her from her defeated trance....

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“SUSAN MY CO-WIFE” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

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Rohini wanted Susan to come to terms with life. A considerable long time had elapsed. By now she should come out of her cocoon of grief. No doubt, it was difficult for a woman to take blows from different strides. She did not know that her husband was a crook. But he was. She did not know that he was already wedded. But he was. She did not know he was an illegal immigrant. But he was. She did know that he was posing to be very rich while, he was not. The police came, hand-cuffed him, dragged him and pushed him into the jail. Susan was totall...

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“No Turning Back Now” by Jenna Khorshed

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Ever since I was a little boy, I wanted to become an astronaut for NASA. I wanted to go into outer space and see it in all of its glory. The Moon, the Sun, the Stars - all of it. If you saw a picture of me in my room as a kid, the only thing you would see would be my terrible drawings of me in space, glow-in-the-dark stars plastered to my ceiling, and the Planets hung around my room, dangling from the ceiling. What a childhood I had. When I was in high school, I still hadn't let go of my affinity for space. I excelled in Astronomy and too...

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“Lilys bad descions” by Caitlyn Mundwiler

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Of course, her best relationship is with her mom, her mom was the only family she has at the moment. Here's a little backstory: Lily and her mom had loads of extended family until one night. Everything was going good, they were having a party with over 100 of their family members. The party was just a regular night until Lily's mom's sister exposed the one secret Lily's mom kept from her daughter. You see, three years ago Chala(Lily's mom) was on a vacation away from lily with her new boyfriend, Lily's father was gone since her birth and Cha...

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“You Don't Understand the Feeling” by Griffin Griffiths

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The house is decrepit and seemingly abandoned. I approached cautiously, with Charlie right behind me. My gun was loaded, and my finger on the trigger. My backpack weighed down on me, and my feet ached from the day’s journey. I think we had traveled about twenty miles today. I had even had to carry Charlie part of the way here. We had to get as far away as possible, but the sky was grey, and the clouds looks heavy. We couldn’t get caught in the rain. Charlie had become so skinny, and it wasn’t just because of the lack of food. We had finally ...

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