I let it go

I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It  exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you  just have to let go, and the river brings you home. Joanne Harris, Five Quarters of the Orange

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I Catch A Bus (Flash Fiction)

I catch a bus. To your town.I don’t know why. There’s a chicken on the path, a broken fence, a river beneath a bridge (this river too tiny to be marked on any map). The grass too long, as if they too, know you are gone. I walk, not understanding this […]

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Truth

“Wake up. This is your life for God’s sakes. It’s time to face up to it. You can’t get anywhere or over anything if you don’t let yourself feel anything in the first place. It’s time.” Julie Buxbaum, The Opposite of Love                         

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Something I’ve read on Soul Mates (non fiction)

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. … A […]

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Something I’ve read (flash fiction)

” Driving beneath the flyover I spotted a grey bird and said penguin. My wife laughed and said pigeon, repeating it pigeon, as if speaking to an idiot. She sighed and turned to the window, staring at something I could not see. I considered saying it was a mistake, a […]

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For Her

Once upon a time there was a girl. I loved this girl, I did. She was filled with love and energy and happiness and she passed it on like a gift. I admired everything about her, her grace, her enthusiasm and her passion. She had a big heart. I mean, […]

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The Secret-Keeper

She was approached with just a needle for her lips. ‘Unbelievable,’ Is all she says. (But what is believable anymore anyway) (image: http://weheartit.com/entry/43176142/via/Ryuuka)

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