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Continue reading →: No longer alone
The rain had been falling all evening—thin at first, like a whisper against the pavement, then steady, soaking, the kind that makes the world feel smaller. Liam almost missed his bus because of it. He ran the last stretch, hood half-up, shoes slapping against the wet ground, breath fogging in…
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Continue reading →: Book club
I used to be part of a book club. We used to meet monthly. We’d pick a book and we’d read it, and then we’d meet to discuss it. It was awesome. Sadly the book club funding was cut, so we stopped meeting. It was a club run by our…
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Continue reading →: Fresh was the morning
Di is our host for the 3TC prompt, each day she gives us 3 words, the words for the prompt that I am writing to now were: Fresh, flight, further. Three Things Challenge #MM370 Here is my response…a poem! 💜💜💜😄😄💐💐 Fresh was the morning, soft and bright, A whisper carried…
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Continue reading →: A hidden entrance
Thanks Di for hosting 3TC! Three Things Challenge #MM369 Our words this time are: Ether, entrance, easy. Here is what I came up with 😄😄🤗🤗 In the quiet town of Larkspur, Mira found an old doorway hidden behind ivy. The brass handle felt warm, as if it remembered every hand…
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Continue reading →: Tis
‘Tis those whom have suffered much dishonesty that truly appreciate honesty,‘Tis those whom have suffered much hate that truly appreciate love,‘Tis those whom have suffered much loneliness whom truly appreciate comradeship.And for those of us whom have fought many silent battles that truly appreciate peace. Paul Watkiss 2020
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Continue reading →: Reenas Xploration challenge 21st March
They told us: be grateful— for the crumbs, for the quiet, for the mercy of being overlooked. They pressed the word thanks into our mouths like a gag, called it humility, called it grace. But we learned early— gratitude bent that far becomes a spine that forgets its shape. So…
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Continue reading →: Spiral of healing
There was a time when silence felt safer than breath, when memory moved like broken glass beneath the skin of every hour. I learned to walk carefully through my own thoughts, as if one wrong step might wake the storm again. They said healing would come softly— but it did…
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Continue reading →: Living poetry
This is written in response to Bart’s Monday poetry prompt. He gave us 3 words rapid, five, and condition, and our challenge is to write a poem using those words. Here is my poem 💜💜 In a fragile **condition** of almost-light, where thoughts flicker faster than breath, I counted to…
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Continue reading →: Be your own definition of amazing, always
“They keep saying that beautiful is something a girl needs to be. But honestly? Forget that. Don’t be beautiful. Be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented – there are an eternity of other things to be other than beautiful.…
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Continue reading →: A sister so dear
Laughter follows wherever you go, Always lifting spirits, more than you know. Underneath your kindness, strong and true, Radiating warmth in all that you do. A sister like you is a gift I hold dear, forever close, always near.
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Continue reading →: A beast with style!
Di hosts the 3 things prompt each day, the words for the prompt yesterday were beast, bounce, and brother. Here is where it took me. Three Things Challenge #MM366 There once was a beast with style, Who could bounce for miles in a while. My brother once said, “That thing’s…
