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Smoke Screen

·173 words·1 min

It was a random stormy night

Both around and within

A heavy gush of white wind

Cracked the frail opening.

She carefully gathered the broken

pieces, but it didn’t matter

Cause the white wind was too cloudy

To decipher how tightly she held it in.

Just when she began to give into the clouds

And let the wind take her

She heard a familiar voice call out

Asking her to snap out of it.

She stared, bewildered

Not knowing what to say

So she chose silence

As always.

She broke down softly

But never completely

Cause that day was more tiring than usual

To pick up after herself.

So she sat there unable to move

Or speak or even think.

The voice began speaking again

Telling her things she never knew

She slowly got up, haze clearing

And tuned in a bit more.

The night stretched,

The cloud lifted,

Her eyes were slightly clear.

She didn’t know when the storm stopped

But when she looked out,

All she saw, was the rain drops.

Labyrinthine
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Labyrinthine
Coffee and a shot of cynicism