Stories tagged “spirit”
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The Observer
I watch the paramedics work. They’re trying so hard. I can’t see who they’re working on, but they’re determined. I try to recall what happened. Everything flashes by in a blur. The party. Taking the keys from Tom. Driving him home. We started a...
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A Living Death
Huddled in perpetual fetal position, she gazed listlessly out at her pitch-black surroundings. Somewhere deep within the lonely recesses of her tired mind, a memory stirred, reminding her of who, where, why she was. Blind and deaf, she could only feel....
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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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Meditation
Keeping a clear mind: Leave no thoughts behind. Put these eyes into rewind ‘Til sight and spirit are aligned. Let all thoughts fall through. Who’s to say they’re true? The cold facts are never new So why dwell on them like we do? Get lost in the ...
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Well of Endless Sorrow
The well’s weathered rock, crumbling mortar and sickly-green moss that extended down into the earth had seen the passage of over 250 years. No one knew how deep it was or even who dug it. It had simply always been there, even mentioned in Jackvil...
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I am broken.
Sprawled on a surface I no longer recognize, my chest caved in due to an outburst of emotions. Ironic, as I no longer feel much save for an emptiness that tears at the hole where my heart should be. The corners of my eyes sting like cracks running thro...
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Illusion at its best
..It was as if I was floating in the direction of the light. The sounds kept getting shriller and I was so scared that my skin may have turned white. I kept saying to myself that I am brave and kept inhaling air and trying not to freak out when suddenl...
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She Moves In Mysterious Ways
“Well, I guess that explains the anime hair color,” I chuckled. “Care to enlighten me as to what about plain old me could warrant the attention of a kitsune?” “First, just say fox, or fox spirit if you want to be specific....
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His Aura
I wait here… Yearning to be set free. Yearning to say something. Yearning to leave the warm dark cage that keeps me, traps me. As I wait, I have the power to control his body, arms and legs, but I cannot control his words. I tell him something and he...