Stories tagged “why”
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Why...?
The girl he was just locking lips with slapped him across the face. “Who’s that?” She demanded, tears welling in her eyes. “Another girlfriend?” “No. No, no, no.” She looked so hurt it was killing me, but Tyson...
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Why...
Why… am I sad? …am I mad? …am I lonely? … do I feel the way I do? … do I really feel that way? …do I wonder what other people think of me? …am I irritable? …am I loud? … do I feel like I can only re...
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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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Blue Bug
We got to his car and he opened the door for me. I was always jealous of his car. It was an original blue bug. It was crappy and old, but it had character. I got in the seat and closed the door. He walked around to the driver’s side and got in. W...
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Last Unanswered Question
I took a deep breath, and plunged my head under. The cool water was soothing, the green-brown a safety net. I looked for myself. Where was I? Images flashed into my brain. It was like my heart didn’t want me to forget. My mother smiling, my siste...
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Forgiveness
I blacked out before the Queen of Dietz Lake had pulled me into her boat. I woke up inside a normal looking house with a crazy headache. My chest hurt too. “Ah, you’re awake.” The Queen herself brought me some tea, chamomile. “W...
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Healing
Over the next week I looked through old photos of Jared, called my Mom, ate wonderful meals, and had horrible nightmares. But I changed. I went to Jared’s grave with his mom, Marilyn. I left him yellow flowers. The color of friendship. I tied a n...
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A Tortured Creature
To put a piano in a school, unguarded and unprotected, is to leave a lamb with lions, a fly with the spider, a fish with the shark. Unless watched by an angel, and placed in good hands, a school piano becomes contorted, abused, and violated. It’s...
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Love is a Strange and Beautiful Thing
It’s terrifying, really, how deep in love a person can fall so quickly. I swore it would never happen that way for me. I told myself that I would never get too invested in any one relationship until I grew up. I convinced myself that I would not ...
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Why?
“Why?” She had asked, tiny sunlit face peering up past the hand holding hers. “Because doggies don’t know how to talk, bumpkin.” He had said it through a grin as wide as she was tall. “Why?” She had had no inte...
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Nascent Flames
It hurt to see him like this. Bloodless. Cosmetics coated his skin, giving the illusion of life. His arms lay crossed over his chest, his eyes closed as if asleep. The mortician—make-up artist to the dead and not yet buried—had smoothed the...
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The Rescue
Annah sat at her desk and wept. If there really was a god, why would they steal the only thing she had left in the world? She reached for the top drawer of the desk where she knew her father had kept the gun. As she lifted it, she vaguely heard someone...
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Listen-song
Why Cant i wash you away Your the grim in the glass You’ve been there for days I wash with salty waves And lemon drops I’ll scrub my mind Until you stop Being greasy sticky debris Smearing the pages of my sanity Stomachs turning inside ou...
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A War is Brewing
Silver and gold chess pieces slid one after another across the black and white board with a quiet intensity. To anyone watching it would have looked like a computer simulation as no one touched a single piece. Two men casually sat next to the chess boa...
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Why?
What is this body? Tiny blue veins Branching out Beneath Pale skin Uneven eyes Staring through The mirror Staring through Her mind Staring through Her heart Staring through Her life What is this body? Floating thoughts Emotions At the ready On mental...