Stories tagged “question”
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Near Her
I was walking along the shore when I saw her. She stood facing the sea, ribbons of her raven black hair being tossed every which way by the wind. Her shoulders were hunched, as though she were nestling something very close to her chest. I longed to cal...
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Something New
There was something new down there… something we couldn’t explain, or express in the words we knew. “Something new” is also lacking in explanation. It was unrecognizable, undefined, inconceivable. It was completely, appallingly...
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The Options
Weeks passed and Jennifer’s condition declined. Mark took responsibility, since he had a record, until we could sort it all out. His arrest was quick. Sorting it out was the problem, though. Things in the basement are hard to comprehend, our opti...
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One Question
You’re a fire. You burn me. Over and over. Never realizing how severe the pain is. I just want to scream at you. But you’ll play the victim. You’ll make me out to be Satan, even though you started this hell. I can’t get away fro...
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What Is Love?
Some people ask What is love? There are those who say A gift from above There are others who say It’s gentle as a dove People say It’s a hard road to take Others say It’s not worth the heartbreak I say That the pain Is not always In ...
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Tell Me Why
Tell me why It hurts so much Tell me why Every time we touch All I feel is misery Tell me why Every time you look Tell me why My expression is an open book And all I want to do is run away Tell me why I bleed inside Tell me why Its all a lie Everythi...
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Confused Love
I don’t know what I’m doing. I think I’m going insane. Something about you is just so addictive. I can’t find the power to tear myself away from you. You are just so amazing in every way possible, but at other times I can’...
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Coming Out Of The Closet On Accident
The bell rang as I walked to my locker. The halls cleared out as people were on their way to catch their busses, meet with friends or go to their various practices. As I was walking past the boys gym, I felt the need to go to the bathroom. I figured th...
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A Nameless City
This city has no name. It did once, but whatever it was, it is lost to time. I merely walk on through the deserted, decrepit boroughs. Shells of whatever these buildings used to be stand stock-still as I amble on past them. I pause to look at one place...
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Two Questions in Space and Time
“Did you hear what I said?” “Hrmm, yes.” “Great. And can you let me in the airlock now?” “I’m thinking about it.” “What I said or letting me in?” “Yes.” It was at this point ...
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Anticipation
Jim and I staggered back to the farmhouse, laughing and brushing dirt and grass off our clothes. The morning had turned to afternoon when we weren’t looking, and the house now held an ominous feeling that had not existed before. Jim didn’t ...
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Answer; Question
42 The answer had been intuited by a comedy writer who knew not the gravity of his joke. Samms had contemplated the proper way to divine the question, which, according to said author, was What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9? which was certainly tr...
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The Question Is...
Tibetan prayer flags flapped all around me. I pulled my scarf tighter across my face. The monk, unfazed by the cold air, sat cross-legged on a frayed cushion, his eyes closed. “Excuse me,” I said, with a polite, British cough. “Can you help me?
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Only a Child
Forty-two. Million. That was the number. A magic number. He had known this even before he was born. That number had swam around in his head, haunting him. Once he had graced the world with his presence, he realized he was inadequately equipped to use t...
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Etudes of Summer
“The fog is long passed. Why must you fret so?” Mary Whitham asked her question from the doorway, not daring to cross the threshold. Barnaby didn’t look at her but ceased from his reading and covered his weary eyes with his hand, R...
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The Question
“Do you know what it is Andy?” Gemma asked He stared at her across the dinner table, his mind went blank. He slowly looked around the table, everyone was looking at him. They didn’t know the answer, they were sure he did. He could fee...
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Read into it what you will
I believe in fariytales. Do you? ………………….. =D
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Every Answer is You
All these questions The answers go straight to you Raise my hand Who… is? It’s you. It’s you from the darkness of my heart It’s you from the lightness of my soul It’s you with the tear on my face It’s you with the sm...
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The Color of Ink
Will Winslow Ever slow I don’t know I also want to impart That I’m not trying to be smart When I show some heart And pull this skill apart On a lark or with purpose I start To spill So much ink intending to smother and kill The concept of b...
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Command Decisions Or Why Sometimes It's Good to Be Quiet
The cheers rang out, and the assorted host congratulated one another heartily for their determination and collected moxie. Prince Therod especially beamed with self-adulatory pleasure. A slim hand of text exerted itself from the mass, followed by a tin...
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Pause Before a Question
As usual, last Saturday morning I woke up just before 4 AM. The screaming may or may not have been just in the dream, but the scratch at the back of my throat hinted otherwise. With little to be gained by going back to bed I yielded to the call of comp...
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Some Questions Are Better Left Unanswered.
He followed her into the cornfield, his legs moving seemingly of their own volition. She looked over her shoulder only once, not to check if he was still there, but to lure him on. Her black eyes branding him. When they reached the exact center of the ...
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Happy Anniversary
Happy anniversary Where ever you may be If you’re rotting in a hole Or if your ask lay by the sea Three summers past since I’ve seen you last Smoke carried your sleepy mind away And blood stained finger tips met their match Some sunny morn in May Y...
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Serendipitous? Time Will Tell
Sometimes it takes an outside source, or the serendipitous accumulation of several outside sources to receive a message that is meant only for you. It can be part of a movie, a song, or a written phrase. It might even be something that you’ve see...