Stories tagged “moment”
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Moment; Moment Lost
I looked into Tyson’s clear blue eyes. He walked up close to me. Close enough for me to breath in the scent that was uniquly his. I swayed ever so slightly. I enjoyed his scent a little to much; just a quick wiff and I was already drunk from it. ...
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a quarry, pt 1
i was 17 with some friends, none of whom were very close mostly through common chemical interests did we know one another, and even then we only knew each other in the behavioral sense; internal states weren’t a concern unless they were shared;...
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a quarry, pt 2
we get to a clearing and out before us opens a chasm 100 feet across at least a tenth of a mile wide and 80 feet straight down to blue calm water water furred by a gentle breeze passing through the quarry bowing a soft tone we stand for a moment ...
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a quarry, pt 3
i am floating it’s weightlessness outer space i am expelled from a shuttle and fall with wingéd grace through an orbit and i can see the stars below they tinkle across the surface of the atmosphere i am about to enter mere moments before i...
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What Devon Saw In Her Eyes For Just A Moment
Well she did ask you to tell her. I took a deep breath and just spit it out. “You looked like you needed a friend. Like someone had hurt you and you just needed to get away.” Well there, you said it. Kalyla dropped her gaze for a second, bu...
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Riveted, Barely Breathing
It was the head tilt. His head was looking down at her and tilted slightly to the right. He was going to kiss her. You could see his desire smoldering behind his lips even though you couldn’t see his eyes or hear what he whispered. But she stood ...
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Phases
It goes through phases The depression The despair The ability to not care But in the moment When something else is learned The pit of it fills up The sickness occurs The ill feeling never backs down It’s the one thing to count on And when it hits...
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listen...to the violent silence
She was watching him, waiting “You don’t know,” he started, “the silence, its killing me inside. I’m dying. The silence, isn’t it affecting you? Or am I the only one going insane?” The coffee was now resolved to a ring at the bottom of hi...
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Moments like these are worth the pain
I’m sitting in the passenger seat of my mom’s blue Honda Cr-V at the end of a three hour car ride. We pull up to the stoplight across the street from his house. It’s red, of course. My heart is pumping furiously as my hands begin to s...
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Moment's Silence
Before anyone could think to turn it off in good taste, a vid screen showed the results of the rupture. The monitoring unit one deck up and nearly 4oo meters forward still managed to capture the scene with disturbing clarity. The faint outline of the r...
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A Non-Oprah-esque Aha Moment
With trepidation, and no small amount of anxiety I made the preparations. Winter gear went in the A4 bag. Uniforms stacked neatly in the rolling camo bag. All manner of necessities filled the available space in each. Orders cut, flight booked and no ch...
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Don't Dream It's Over
The moon was full above, a bright white glow, the only light she remembered afterward. Evening had bled into night so fast; where had the hours gone? He walked beside her, keeping her safe, and maybe doing his best to steal just a few more minutes of h...