I’m a “younger” writer who loves the tragedy and pain a book can give you. “Why write a book if it doesn’t make the reader feel anything new?” - Christine 2024
I’m a “younger” writer who loves the tragedy and pain a book can give you. “Why write a book if it doesn’t make the reader feel anything new?” - Christine 2024
My first date. Wearing my favourite flowy dress with a flower design, I waited at the café table. I had arrived one minute ago.
Scrolling through tik tok, I watch as time ticked by. From 20 to 21 to 22 to 23 to 24 to 25. I waited thirty more.
A whole hour had passed. Many couples came and went enjoying their meals. While I sat, hoping this wasn’t a practical joke and he was actually delayed on ...
An acrobat never falls.
An acrobat never faults.
An acrobat never missteps.
They are perfect.
As I feel the hot blaze of the fires beneath me, I tremble. My whole body feels as if it is inside a scorching oven but in reality I’m merely suspended in the air by 30 feet with roaring flames below me. I can not distinct which is worse. Either way I am cooked. Breathe in. Breathe out. Take one step....
I heard him. I knew trust was never a very strong idea in our relationship. It was more a feeling we never experienced in all our years of wonders.
I grabbed his hand and merely whispered, “You shouldn’t!” My voice was so soft and quiet it sounded like a sweep of the fresh wind. Tempted to slap him or just show my emotion, I clenched my fists. Digging my nails deeper and deeper into my palm. Blo...