Category: 14th Edition
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Rabbit Hole
I am not a rabbit, but I am going downA rabbit hole to insanity, out of my mind,Out of my control things keep happening to meOne thing after another, a never ending spiralTowards complete chaos of unknowing, I don’t know whereTo begin, begin again the spiral of loss and despair First my walking, then my…
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New
A child simply thought of everything they have yet to accomplish, grew older and realized to make a self investment To gain advantage. craved as a child was total acceptance, But was always met with an alternative expression. Now all that I am left with is depression. Nothing new, depression. Sorrow stops me on the…
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Lost Routine
4 a.m. has become my new 11 p.m. The day comes and goes. I haven’t seen the sunlight in 18 days. I could go on a walk or sit outside and smell the flowers, but depression holds me captive to my bed. I sleep in until 1 p.m. begging my body to get back on…
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Barbelo in a Pink Dress
Walking back to the white farm house, He laid His denim overalls on the crustily painted porch and cried to Himself a little. He put the kettle on the stove and poured hot water into a mug. He had loved His daughter more than His son, and every time the mailman comes, He leaves out…
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A Diary On the Eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field – Sunday, August 21, 1485
I never meant to reign King. Should I fall tomorrow, this will not be the tragedy of Richard III, but the story of how two brothers of York, squandered our father’s dynasty, and how I, the third, tried valiantly to save it. That cloud of Tudor that hung over our house had retreated into the…
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