Stories tagged “break”
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A car on my roof?
There’s a car parked on my roof. It’s technically a truck, a ’93 Chevy. Maroon, with several toolboxes stacked in the back. This truck showed up in the middle of the night, and I don’t know what to do. I can climb up there, sure...
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Where Did the Time Go?
Where did the time go? Is it hiding under a shelf Waiting to come back again? Did we recycle it in a bin Before we realized what we had done? The girl in the mirror Is broken with memory It’s trapped her in a glimpse Of what she thought she would...
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Hiatus
I’m goin on a personal hiatus, escaping to where these problems aren’t as raised it’s. become to much, a burden, the day is. filled with too much for one person to bear I weigh this. I weigh that, I break this. I break down, I make th...
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Slipping Away
I can feel it- that sinking feeling when he says it’s too much. I can feel our love slipping right out from under us. I want us to survive this, but I’m not sure if we can anymore. I don’t know if this is right anymore. There was no d...
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A Step Away
He closed his eyes and started to breath slowly. Outside the room, people were still going about their work. He had to step away from everything for a moment. He was starting to get tired of the people he dealt with. The work he did was enjoyable. He l...
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Heart-shaped Balloon
(another sad attempt at a song) Our love is a heart –shaped balloon Full of hot air that’ll deflate soon Poke it, it’s fine, it’ll bounce back and rise But hold out a pin, it’ll be its demise Step back baby, think you should beware I’m know...
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Resilient.
Do you think that you can break these walls? They’re made of a material some kind of material that is indestructible unbreakable invincible constant and unrelenting. Stronger than cement, Resilient and, truthfully, quite daunting. Why aren’...