Stories tagged “speechless”
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Strained Conversation
I was silent for a while, absentmindedly scratching at the wood of the table as he stared at me. “Hello,” he said. At length, I muttered, “Hello.” Words are hard to find when speaking to a man who’s devoted his entire life...
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A million emotions
My name. Spoken by him resonated within me like the vibrations you feel after a gong has been sounded. I stood motionless, a million emotions going through my mind. “Becky?” he asked, his smile fading as tears started to slide down my cheek...
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The Speechless
He walked. He always walked, because it was the only thing he knew how to do. His bare feet dragged along the ground, slow and careful. He had no goal nor destination. Instead, he wandered on, a homeless dog looking for its owner, a child lost in a cro...