Stories tagged “shield”
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Loss of Hearing
I lost most of my hearing when I met you. All the negativity I was told all my life, I couldn’t listen to anymore. The only thing you let me hear was you. I want to know how you did it. I want to know why you did it. Why did you protect me from a...
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It Will Only be My Pain
I knew he couldn’t understand. He knows his abilities limits. He knows what it is, exactly what he does. It has a name. He had help during development, not people telling him to figure it out. He didn’t hurt people as I have. I closed my ey...
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Wolf
There’s a seven foot tall wolf With dog-like legs Stepping upright Beneath the moonlight In the backyards Of shadows By stars Suppressing growls With a click Of human teeth grown into its jowls It’s sick And knows it Stoically standing Wit...
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Thoughts in a Silent Den
Spartan yet elegant, the den consisted of three irregularly shaped sofas around a splatter-shaped glass coffee table. Two tall windows nestled between bare bookshelves, looking out at the swirling, glowing surface of the shield. Dim lights glistened ac...