Red Cape: Part1
She stopped mid walk and I walked straight into her. She held a finger to her lips and looks around us, surveying the area.
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Memories In The Mist
CHAPTER 1 Dad I choked and spluttered as clouds of smoke filled my mouth and slid down my throat. My dad held my hand and took me outside the house, stroking my hair.
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TRENCH #2. We Will Remember Them
It was days before they moved him And his bloodied face I had to kick off the rats No burial in this hellish place I wrote a letter to mother That he died in my loving arms Reassure her remaining...
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Rise Of A Champion Pt. 5
Note: Ezra's tale (A Tale Of A Champion) continues in this story from where I stopped, for a few more episodes :-) #fantasy #adventure #ataleoftales ***** I woke to find myself in a dungeon and I...
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Part Time Relatives And Substitutes For Love
I told you once told you twice You're not family You're cold as ice I don't know how you got here And I don't know why you stay But I know that I don't want you I don't need you Go away.
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A Blinding Light Shines
All is quiet in this town The residents left long ago Leaving in a hurry Leaving all they couldn't carry No looking back When the government built it No one knew it would fall Now it was not...
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Hollow Tree
There is a tree. Within the forest. That you'll find. Is hollow. Into this tree. You must climb. If you seek adventure. And trouble. Down the steps. Follow the tunnels. To lands via burrows.
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Four-leaf Clover
One. I woke up to my dog barking. I told him to keep quiet, the cops were about and I didn't want to move. I pulled him closer, the cold biting at my body as if it too hadn't eaten in days.
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Dear Future
Dear future, It's the 18th of December 2012. I just thought you would like to know. I hope someone does end up reading this because the end is coming.
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Dear Future,
#opussweeklychallenge My heart is unyielding. It pounds under my skin and I have no want to stop it. My heart was meant to LIVE.
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Dear Future...Dear Someone
Dear Future...Dear someone If you are reading this...then me and my loved ones are no more. We are merely dust, all our memories, hopes and dreams have turned to ash.
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Dear Future.... (Edited)
#opussweeklychallenge Oh, Dear Future, My name's Jack, It seems Miss Nature, Packs a whack, We've taken quite a beating, see, And we'll be done in digits, three, It started with America, She...
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Dying Ember #5
~ This is a really long one, I'll try to make the next one shorter. Please comment on what you think I could do to improve, thanks. X ~ "Maya?" I said through the bedroom door "Reece.
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The Unread Letter To You
This isn't the end I refuse to believe If it was why am I writing Something no one will receive, When the ash clouds descended, When the lightening destroyed They told us 'write letters' We...
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Dying Ember #4
- It's very long this one. Sorry. Please like and comment they would be much appreciated- "Maya?" I said through the bedroom door "Reece.
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When Dad Hits Mum
I'm in my room the music is playing, Drowning the words that my parents are saying By saying I mean yelling, It's the same every night, I keep telling myself this can't be right.
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24B96X
~Thea~ I sit bolt upright, drawing in long deep breaths, my eyes closed as I compose myself. My heart flutters in a panicked frenzy, and a gentle roaring starts in my ears. I have to get up.
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1000 Or 1
If a picture speaks 1000 words,. Dose that mean a word sees 1000 pictures,. Perhaps,. Maybe in the darkest tunnel,. where your odds seem bleak,.
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Chapter 1 Violet Baragar
My name is Violet Baragar and I immigrated in 1942 from Russia to America through Ellis Island when I was 9.There was war going on in Russia and I was in my house when someone walked in and told me I...
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Apocalyptic Children
We rose in the ashes, From dust and death, To live our lives, And take a breath. We were born in the flames, In horror and pain, To stand and watch, While humanity was slain.
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The Howling
Through the darkness, I see no path, The moon's betrayal blinds my eyes, And grasping hands from forest trees, Tear my skin despite all my cries.
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Chapter 20: Warnings
I woke up with the shock of Alek not lying next to me. I looked around, searched everywhere at the cave, walked into the forest a few meters, but he was nowhere to be found.
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What Good Is Hope
A struggle for life, To live, to survive. Every ragged breath, Decreases chance to stay alive. Too many gasps, A fish starved of water. Written off for certain death, A cow; bred for slaughter.
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Before My Death
'I will never let you go'. He said, while I shed a tear,. He remained calm though,. Like what he said was real,. First of all, he caused a fire,. Escaped before I even woke,.
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