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lalatomany
lalatomany

Untitled

Damaged Before Life Began Stats: 11 year old girl Dad- never met Mom- in jail Brother- living in another home, haven't seen in 5 years Sisters- taken away at birth Homes I've lived in besides my own...

0 0 723 words
patdolan83
patdolan83

Hopeful Lies

Daddy where you going please. Close the door, outside you'll freeze. Mummy tell dad, it's cold out there. ----------He's got his coat he's ok dear. But why has daddy got those bags.

24 3 70 words
sammielee46
sammielee46

Love Letters To My Soldier.

#fictional (Just trying something different, please feel free to reply :)) Dear love, I love you, you're like my gift from above. Remember the first day we met.

28 13 274 words
marymint
marymint

The Sinking Of The Laconia 1942

An Account from a Survivor's Daughter One of those bound to sail on the "Laconia" , that day was 'William John Murphy', known to everyone as "Billy".

10 14 1565 words
MikoMiku
MikoMiku

Brother

Today he turns another year older, and I cannot be there for him. My heart sinks when I realize it may be 3 years before I see him again. I miss him more than any words can tell.

8 0 286 words
letslive1959
letslive1959

War No More

Broken bones and bloody skin. Saying goodbye to your kin. To war we go. To fight our foe. Battered skulls. Destroyed souls. Kids without dad. He's away in Baghdad. Fighting the war.

14 0 50 words
littleone
littleone

Regretful Ghost

I'm sorry I'm the person, That you don't know. I apologise, I regret, Not being able to see you grow. I'm sorry I'm not there, To teach you up dance.

22 0 82 words
jojo98
jojo98

Runaway To America: Chapter 2

Jenny awoke to the sound of her alarm clock buzzing away underneath her pillow. She quietly turned it off and tiptoed out onto the landing. Not a sound.

2 0 403 words
jents
jents

Crinkle

Santa has done well this year. All my nicest thing. My brother had a scaletrix set. My sister a golden ring. My mum she had a cookbook. My dad a triathlon sack. But i only had one thing on my list.

28 0 118 words
AJBrown
AJBrown

War Time Yule

Christmas 1940 No toys are being bought I only want you this year daddy Please don't say that you forgot.

20 2 117 words
LanzaStar15
LanzaStar15

Sorrows Bend

I hear rain attacking the window, Screaming at me to see. I slowly walk up to the glass, Wondering what it will be. The rain is pouring out the clouds, Like buckets being thrown over the edge.

8 0 215 words
ellieroo_mellark
ellieroo_mellark

THG Finnick And Annie

Chapter 5 Annie I can barely stand. I run forward, grab Raini's arm from the little kids pen and grab Misty and Eli from the side. Mum will have to wait.

14 3 399 words
expressxoxo
expressxoxo

10 Minutes

10 minutes and you have returned home, 9 minutes I no longer feel alone, 8 minutes you evaluate your time away, 7 minutes you ask me if I've been ok, 6 minutes we have a joke & we play fight, 5...

10 0 107 words
naaviie
naaviie

Boxed Up

My life is carefully partitioned,. Boxed, labelled and sealed,. A window to my mind now gone,. Behind cardboard all concealed,. A return to work,. The end of summer,. If I wasn't so restless,.

52 9 59 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

A Soldier's Farewell.

Just one last kiss before I go. An embrace to say 'goodbye'.

30 4 84 words
olive
olive

Bad Mother

I am a bad mother. I had to run away. Away from their father. But they had to stay. I didn't want to leave them. It killed me to leave them behind. But they needed a house to live in.

10 4 137 words
Klaire
Klaire

Welcome Home

#youngwritershousehold @ren360 Once I was three, My mommy disowned me, my daddy did too, Do you know how it feels, When no one loves you.

38 12 213 words
Burrfoot
Burrfoot

First Goodbye

I will miss your laughs and the way that you speak. Seven days sounds better than a week. I will miss you every morning day and night. Always in my thoughts if not in my sight.

40 9 85 words
Angeldainy
Angeldainy

Mystical ( Chapter 1)

Do you feel drawn to something so bad, it makes your heart ache. And to make things worst you don’t know what’s pulling you.

12 3 1125 words
cperry
cperry

I Miss You My Brother

Wow my brother,. You've made it so far,. Your dreams are coming true,. Good for you,. But your gone a lot,. I kinda miss you,. It's been quiet around the house,. Mom misses you,.

18 4 136 words
jadeisallama
jadeisallama

Family

It makes me sad to think we'll never be one. That we'll never do any of those silly, seemingly mundane things like eating dinner together or sitting down and watching TV.

16 2 180 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Part-Time Hero

Well I lost my woman and my home. Found it better being on my own. Sometimes you have to give things up. Pick up the pieces of hope and love. Well there's a sadness in their eyes.

46 16 132 words
blindsilence
blindsilence

The Liberator

Jude stood on the dock, awaiting the arrival of The Liberator. It had been almost two hours since they last checked in announcing their proximity. The dock spanned the entire bay.

12 3 644 words
Delilah
Delilah

Khadija's Son

I've never seen these kind of bars Looming on my face I saw some outside a school once But that's now a far off place.

24 12 272 words
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