The moment our souls first connected, I could feel the stars shattering because I was too young to have found my soul sisters, scattered among the streets of this tedious town. Forests vanished beneath the tip of my pen when I wrote about you, all of you, and the memories we made that year of […]
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Qaifin did not bid anyone goodbye before she crossed the bridge to knock on the thick double doors to accept the Challenge. There was no point. The town hustled and bustled beyond the gates as though nothing was wrong, and the only one she’d spoken to was the shopkeeper closest to the bridge, who dismissed […]
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It didn’t stop the cold aching, slithering, curling its way around my arms, squeezing to expose a vain, to show that I was still living. I realized love wasn’t the cure. Life’s dull throb was evidence enough, to me at least, but you pressed your sweating hands against the sensitive area under my chin and […]
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Tall. Elegant. Southern. Gentlemanly. Kind. Principled. These are the words that come to mind when I think of my stepdad. Late. The man was always late. Always. Never on time for anything but church. And he was a surgeon, so my mother had a handy and believable excuse for his tardiness, but he rarely had […]
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Piece by piece. Shatter, creak, crisp air, winter breeze, bloody cheeks, battered hands. Wind swept hair, porcelain filled with sky droplet, breathe in clean. Sweep swish, sweep right, left, day old apple peels, fallen leaves crumpled. All in one. Separate. Colors bleed together, remnants of past days. Fuzzy now. Days kidnap days. Minutes kidnap minutes, […]
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Sponsored Post Over time, we all tend to develop a number of bad habits, but we also develop a variety of good habits as we get older. This could include anything from making sure we exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet to expanding our knowledge through learning, having an effective cleaning regime to ensure […]
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Just one more hour at the party, just one more shot at the bar, just one more hour of sleep before I start with the work…. This is called procrastination, and it’s a term describing the life of a student; but, if you’re fed up with it, here is how you can keep your mind […]
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We’ll all have this one moment where our basic “right” to live is questioned. This moment is life-changing. This specific moment, usually, can be a child of a plethora of emotions. The moment could be born from happiness, wonder, ecstasy, or simply from sorrow, anxiety, fear, or pain. That life-defining moment happened to me. But […]
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Watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for the first time, I was mesmerized by the clock that moved backwards. The idea that time might dissolve and reinstall the things and people we’ve lost because of its momentum meant too much. I waited through the many beautiful hours of this film for the ticking clock […]
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