Stories tagged “cliff”
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Pantone 286C
From the window of her room, she could see the sea and the sky. Hard to see much else from the top of the highest tower in a castle perched on a cliff. On the best days, pale, fluffy clouds floated weightlessly in a cornflower sky, while their reflecti...
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Pushed Me Off
I walk to the edge of the cliff, Just so you can see, That I’m for real, I’m not messing with ur head. But as soon as I get to the end, I look over the side just to see my fate if I fall, Then u come up behind me & say, “See ya su...
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Falling Rocks
Officer Stern arrived at the scene promptly. As the cop in a town with a population of 102, he didn’t usually have much to do but sit around and eat donuts at Manny’s Diner. But today was different: today, he had received a call from a newc...
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The Dream
As I turned I saw her staring down at me. She reached out a hand and said something. I could not hear her, but I could see the words. Her beautiful lips mouthing her love for me. As I turned again my tears were carried off into the breeze. The ocean be...
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The Cliffs
The cliffs were my favourite place. Sitting, feet dangling into the unknown, hands dug in to the long grass. Below the gentle rush and roar of waves crashing into the land, like thunder claps, and little droplets of salt water would reach for my bare t...
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Last Embrace
The wind snakes through my hair, pulling my shirt with the vigor of a hungry 5-year-old. The breeze lathers me with the cold night air, sneaking fingers under the fabric. I sway, letting it hold me. The wafting wind carries a thick salty smell, a taste...
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As The Willows Wept
He wrote me a note in invisible ink on a black napkin. The rain washed his still unread words away, but I already knew what it said because of the way he looked at me before he walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped.
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You will be Forgotten
I stood there, at the precipice of self-annihilation, looking down at the sea of sorrows ready to swallow me whole. I made no effort to keep my balance; only the wind kept me swaying back and forth. Only fate could save me or condemn me. The clouds for...