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  Time Goes By

  

  By ally17, Cincinnati, OH

  Golden hair. Eyes so blue. So young and innocent at only age two. Sing-song voice. Giggling to thrive. Youth is so blissful at only age five. Older now. But time is still mine. Life is so free at only age nine. Smiles fade more often. Child to young teen. Life is more complicated...
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  A Newly Cut Diamond

  

  By ally17, Cincinnati, OH

  A ripple in clear blue water, perfectly polished China glass, a rain drop on a rose petal, an ocean’s wave, the skyline of a city at midnight, the brightest star in the sky, a sapphire ring, the moon lighting up the ocean, the clear blue sky on a spring day, a blue bird on a snow covered t...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Is it Worth the Pain?

  

  By ally17, Cincinnati, OH

  There it laid. The needle. The sewing needle to be exact. The needle I took from my mom’s sewing kit in the kitchen closet. I stared at it as it laid there, so small, on my white desk. I had so many thoughts racing through my head that I couldn’t process what I was thinking. Was I even thinkin...