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  I'm Still Here

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  Voices And joking With no one who sees you. Cornered Surrounded With no one to talk to. I can't believe I'm letting you do this. I'll try and help But you're messing with my head. Stay Awhile And leave me lonely. Just be who you are And still you won...
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  The Man Through The Window

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  Through the endless veil of rain, through its crystalline corridors and iridescent reflections – through the twisting labyrinth of droplets there was a man. His name was that of many things. Its true meaning had vanished long ago – vanquished by the heartbeats of those once needed and los...
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  Withering Clouds

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  The sky was gray -- like an old book curling over at the tips. The clouds obscuring the sun were black and withering, like the petals of a burning rose. I remember that sky as clearly as if I was one of the ebony crows that soared through it that day, as if I had been free. I wasn't. My...
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  Mother

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  I counted away the minutes on the clock, watching as the numbers slowed. The green digital figures on the microwave were taunting me, laughing at me as I started to shake. My reflection in the window was grayed and blurred -- distorted with the rainwater that obscured the view of town outside. I ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Embark

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  "Nine... ten... eleven!" Kimberly Prince turned and flashed me a grin. Her teeth were perfect and white, if not a little uneven near the center. They contrasted extravagantly with her dark, almost maroon hair – something I'd always been jealous of. Her hair reached down to her...
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  The Prey

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  The cars leaped by, flashing and blurring at the boy as he stood and stared. His toddler toes dug into the dirt on the roadside, stained black by years of walking through mud. The cars were fast, and contrasted boldly with the yellow-tinged forest on either side. The boy's breath felt heavy ...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Selamat

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  They call me "selamat", or "survivor" here in Indonesia. I guess I can let them think that -- life sure is easier now that they do. Funny thing is, my name even sounds like "selamat" --Selemara. Selemara and her raven-black hair braided with hawk feathers. Selemara ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Birthday Presents

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  Elaina stepped timidly into the bakery, her shining white shoes smudged a bit from the rain. The black buckles on them were stained with dirt, but they looked just as fancy to her as they always had. Maybe even better. Her yellow ankle socks were perhaps a tad bright for a day like today, but it ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Let Candles Light the Way

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  There was a lit candle tied to every tree along the driveway to the Moors'. They were the traditional sort of candle, with white wax and orange flame. The snow-chilled winds didn't perturb them in the least, their fires barely flickering. Big, light flakes of snow twirled around them la...
• Poetry > Ballad
  R.I.P.

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  It was late midnight And raining with Starlight, that day Before night I'll remember -- It was mid June And I'll tell you, Soon, soon we'll be together again. Half past one, Walking through the park With none to sway my fear, Arms hugging my body, closer, Closer, nearer a...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Those Lonely, Rainy Days

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  The night before we left, Before we went our separate ways, I said, "Remember, once, All those lonely, rainy days? I'd call you and Sit myself down by the fire And you'd say, 'I love you,' can You say the same for me?" And the next day, after the football game...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Just Once

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  One night to be ourselves, dancing with the rain Say yes to a life again Share what's been in your head The stars above the glass Look with me and see what's to last I watch what your eyes see and what you never want to see Smile with your lips, and with the rest of your face W...
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  For Him

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  There was a man His eyes were blue His face was wan Like he was not new, His jaw was set, His body locked Told not to fret His tears were blocked. His mind, it raged His heart was torn, His emotions splayed His smile worn. There was a girl Her name was Lace. Her skirt, it twirled, B...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Said The Man

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI

  And he was falling. Singing. Wistful, Wingless. Tumbling, Slowly, Quickly, Tearing. Crying? Never. And the night was dark, Very. Sunless, Starless, Moonless And black. Screaming, Grateful... Scary? In your dreams. The tree was looking, Looming: Oak, Taller Than The Fo...
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  Wall of Ice

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Black

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Colors After The Rain

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Love Music

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Oblivion

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Show Me

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Road of Promise

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Only Time Will Tell

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI
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  Golden Time

  

  By Kate97, Lake Leelanau, MI