Stories tagged “safe”
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Breaking walls
He’d been going at it for weeks now. Weeks of him trying to get close to me, weeks of him trying to know me. I know I’ve been rude and quite possibly annoying, yet he still persisted, always coming over to try again. I was never one to warr...
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Spirit
Slowly, she led him back to her bedroom. He was so hard to support because of his height, but she managed. She layed him down on the bed and took his shoes off for him. While she was adjusting the pillows behind his head, he opened his eyes again to lo...
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For My Jeff
I watched him come down the stairs, all 71 inches. When did my little brother become so tall? I chuckled to myself, until I saw the look on his face, a mixture of determination and pride and fear and sadness. My breath stopped and I could feel the hard...
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Safe Zone.
I’m trembling here, Here in the safe zone Where nothing but time can touch me. It passes slowly, Countless moments of regret. But I am warm, soft, and cozy. I look across the empty space, Brazen as the broad sun. And I ponder my life without you...
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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’...