creativewriting
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The Woman Who Waited for Color
If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why? A tattoo is the soul’s own portrait—a permanent gallery of a life’s profoundest sentiments. But you ask what mine would be before it exists. You… Continue reading
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The Five-Dollar Discovery
What is the best purchase you have ever made? White chalk across the top read “$5.” At first glance, that was all there was to see. The resale shop was an old house where every room held collections that had… Continue reading
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Table for Two, Suspect for One
Rain had turned traffic into a slow-moving river of brake lights, but I arrived at the restaurant damp and exactly on time. I had just settled into the warm booth, with the scent of garlic drifting from the kitchen, when… Continue reading
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The Teacher Beneath My Feet
If someone had asked me yesterday which animal I’d want to be, I probably would have answered a panda. Peaceful. Unhurried. Completely unbothered. I’ve watched them fall out of trees, tumble down hills, and lose their balance more times than… Continue reading
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The Architect of Emerald Symmetry
Why would I dare ask for a single copper when the steering wheel greets me like a paintbrush to its artist? To be paid would be to admit that this is labor, when in truth, it is liberation. I set… Continue reading
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A Word Without a Soul
If I could permanently ban one word from general usage, it would be “normal.” It is a word without a soul — a linguistic vacuum that quietly drains the vibrancy from the human experience. It masquerades as truth, as if… Continue reading
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The One Thing That Waits
On my to-do listthere is always one thingthat remains untouched. Clean Your Closet. It arrives underlined,sometimes twice,so it knows I mean business. The task is simpleand impossibleat the same time. I tell myself I will do it tomorrow. But tomorrow… Continue reading
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To Complain or Not to Complain
I complain about nothing small.Small things do not trouble me.I complain about nothing politely. I complain—though perhaps that is not the word. Once, it simply meant saying:this hurts,this isn’t right,truth refusing to stay quiet. Somewhere along the way, it soured—recast… Continue reading
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