Tag Archives: grief

Five Ways Of Looking

I. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder at the forks in the road. Paths not taken. Discoveries not made. How would they have turned out? No different than anyone else looking back on their lives, but I feel infinitely ill-prepared … Continue reading

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100 Words: Reach/Drown

I realize you’re drowning. Should I just stand by the river and watch as you go below? I can’t not plunge in up to my elbows and pull you back out, pull you above, give you breath. Open your eyes, … Continue reading

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DeathWatch No. 145 – You just used to like me better

This is Issue #145 of DeathWatch, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find ‘DeathWatch’ then go to ‘#0 – A Beginning’ and read from there, or go find the issue # you remember, and catch up from there! Happy … Continue reading

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Things The Lady Cannot Say To Her Suitor(s), Vol 1.

What perfection need I aspire to learn when I turn the setting up to eleven and sit back to listen to what everyone else is saying (that’s not what they said at all) can you feel it (can you feel … Continue reading

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After The News

She had run, sick with grief, all the way home. The announcement had come without regard to the news cycle; she wasn’t ready for something like this. A hundred thousand thoughts and feelings ran through her. Anger like fire. Misery … Continue reading

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