She sat in the dark grieving. She pondered where she had gone wrong. But she didn’t really have to. She knew. She always made the wrong choices and gave too many people a second, third and forth chance. She was a fool. She wasn’t going to grieve anymore. […]
She shook her head and chuckled. It was quite ludicrous to imagine such a get-away car and driver. This plan was, most assuredly, not going to work. But with similar certainty, it needed to. The backpack held everything she needed. But the will to outrun what haunted her […]
Oh to travel. Oh to dream. Her first trip in ages. She was feasting on everything through all her senses. This was living. This was to live. She was even doing a dance. Standing on her tippy toes. Yet, something gnawed at her. She would have to leave […]
After the funeral, they went back to the house to finish clearing through their mother’s belongings. It was not an easy task. But it was a task to help keep the mind distracted. Yet, everwhere she looked she found a new set of souvenirs bunched together. Her mother […]
It is amazing how a get-well gesture can go so far into lifting up someone’s spirits. The days have been bleak, at times. And many have had bad days. There may be a bit of a sympathy drought. But no worries, she thought to herself. Today magic would […]
It had been a lovely apartment. She remembers it being a large living room that seemed like a ballroom. And the echoes made it fun to sing out loud. Even with her non-singing voice. It had been paradise, until it wasn’t. And, that was the story of her […]
She looked up. She looked around. Grabbed her phone and declined yet another call. She shook her head in weary contemplation. Life is a maze. Maybe a hampster wheel. But more like those rat mazes in which the rat can’t find its way out. Always a barrier to […]
So many words. So many images. Yet, the building stood emptied for years on end. It dared anyone to enter and say a word. No thoughts or feelings could be contained. It served as a vessel for corrupted, yet innocent energy. What more could it be? It was […]
They did it. They finally did it. A grand sense of relief. A weight lifted off of her shoulders. A movement forward. A stop to the mental hemorrhage. Now their lives could truly begin. Or so it felt. Everything had been in stasis. Or so it had seemed. […]
She looked at the photograph wincing and pining. She took another look and hurriedly put it away. She couldn’t bear to look at it. It reminded her of a time past. A time she could not recapture. A time that was not hers. Although, she really wanted it […]
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