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You've been running around the world for weeks, trying to "find yourself." Yet, you seem more lost than you've ever been. No matter where you go, you never find fulfillment. Your #materialism hasn't gotten you anything of value, hmm? Life tends to be empty when you fill yourself up with facades.

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I'm on the #brink, I like to think
Of starting something new
I'm on the way, I'd like to say
Of something fresh to do
Grand horizon's open up
With every bright new day
And in a bit, I'll get to it
But just for now, I'll stay
#vss365

Aimee awoke alone. She sprang to her feet & raced through the cavern seeking the exit. She reached first one dead end, then another, & finally realized there was no exit. She sank to her knees in despair, once again at the #brink of tears. In her mind's eye, she saw Rory's smiling face. Somehow he had made peace with this abominable condition of being the familiar of a demon. She steeled herself & stood, resolved to somehow accommodate herself.
When Velurri returned, she was ready.

#vss365

#vss365

Feelin' on the #brink
Of a nervous
Breakdown

Later need a shrink
'Cause of this
Shake-down

My face ain't pink -
Emotion
Played down

But there might be a stink
If I take him
Straight down

“On the #brink of asking Mia about a place together. But she was so happy, I didn’t,” said Tom.
“Last time I helped her escape,” said Dan.
“I heard. Paying 2 rents so she can move back if it doesn’t work isn’t feasible.”
“A holiday rent? Or see how Jin & Ari work out.” #vss365

**Memory Made Meaningless**

I understand wanting
To rewrite the #script of history
But it's disorienting to have
Memories tied to places that
Go by a new name these days
Tom Jones is just some singer
And Piet Retief is a stranger
And I couldn't tell you
For the life of me
Who O.R. Tambo is
Either
#vss365

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#Vss365

Knowing of the lunacy does little to slacken the pace.
Relentless.
Remorseless.
Ridiculous.

The #brink no more than a few steps away, nothing stops the advance.

Folly.
Futility.
Free-fall.

Forsaken.
Fatal finality.

#OGResquire

#vss365 prompt: "Brink"

The steep and rocky recent climb,
And memories of that trying time,
The scrambling over scree on slopes
Of broken dreams and dying hopes,
Are on my left. But to the right
A shear face falls straight into night…
No time to hold debate or think,
Because I stagger on the brink.

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#vss365(brink) You could feel it in the air: hot, humid, steeped in human misery. This was a city on the #brink, one more murder away from tipping into chaos. That was exactly where she wanted us. It was a siege like no other, and she was winning.

#prompt #amwriting #microfiction #amwritingfantasy

Stuck in a town bereft of children her own age, Astrid played in the graveyard. She’d disappear between tombstones until dark; learned her letters by tracing the carved names and countless “beloved”s.
Harmless enough, until she brought the ghosts home with her.

#vss365 #bereft #vss #writing #MicroFiction

#vss365

A #distant look as he gazed upon the spot where their favourite restaurant used to be.

Casa Bella.

They'd joked it was Italian for "House of the Distended Belly". Now the site was bloated with soulless, prefab apartments.

Mirroring the shift in their own relationship.

The burden she bore was heavy. A life of turmoil and torment plagued her. But she was stoic. She allowed herself to be loved, but the doors to her soul were still locked. Light peeked in, but the key remained hidden. My search continued

I tried to ease her pain, gently reaching out with open hands in the silence. Tenderly and softly, she would reach for me. There was an ease about her, never seeming pretentious. But today, she seemed more distant.

I loved her. A quietness that brought calm to my hectic mind. Words always chosen carefully, and with purpose. Not one was ever wasted. Often we would sit together, enjoying the silence that brought us together.

I searched for the key. One day, I hoped she may give it to me. I would unlock the door, treading with the utmost care.

For now, I will just be beside her.

Content.

#vss365 #shortstory

The thing between (us)
Equi-#distant and
Out of reach

#vss365 #haiku

Aimee's mind whirled as she found herself thinking ahead to the myriad challenges and possibilities before her. At the same time, she grieved the quiet, ordinary life she had unknowingly enjoyed previously & all her imagined hopes and plans. She kept imagining various what-if scenarios and was wracked with anxiety. She resolved to stop thinking ahead to some #distant future, but instead to focus on the moment and what she had to do now, today, to move forward.

#vss365

“Finishing touch,” said Ari as she hung a picture. “You’ve been #distant today.”
“Friends are great, but this is our place,” said Jin. He hugged her. “The tiger warding off evil & magpie for luck. Thank you. Your heritage matters too.”
“No Mezuzahs. We find our way.” #vss365

The sound of #distant thunder
A portent of a storm
A sense of idle wonder
A thought to keep you warm
A plan to keep you sheltered
Precautions given form
The sound of nearby thunder
You can't deny the storm #vss365

**To The Sea She Goes**

"Fear go dtí na cnoic,
#bean chun an chladaigh,"
they intone, nodding sagely
when she blows past them
All ocean breeze and
saltwater sighs
"Man to the hills,
woman to the shore,"
she repeats, with a sirens kiss
and waves of tangled hair
All tidal moon and
briny blue eyes
#vss365

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They were poised on the #brink of the first neural interface with a supercomputer. The hope? To finally marshal the sphere of human knowledge. Dr White was to be the first Man of Letters in centuries.
"Say goodbye to your loved ones. Now." he said as he left the booth.
#vss365 #microfiction

Stomach plummeting, she met his eyes and saw only a distant indifference. Had any of it been real? The desire? The vulnerability?
Or had it all been an act to manipulate her? Her jaw clenched as his lips twitched into a mocking smile.
“Something wrong, dove?”
Fury lit through her and she lashed out, her nails barely grazing his cheek as he caught her wrist. But she had the satisfaction of seeing his eyes widen in surprise.
#vss365 #fridaykiss