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Write a short story or poem that starts and ends with the exact same phrase.
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Ended June 30, 2018 • 18 Entries • Created by Vik_Blot
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Poetry that I tell... words that I feel
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Poetry that I tell... words that I feel
Chapter 18 of 54
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anarosewood

just before dawn

in the end, I slept in my bed,

surrounded by the whispers of the early morning,

no longer oppressed by the cold and darkness

of that empty street,

no longer chilled to the bone

the images slipped through my mind

as your strong arm wrapped itself around my body

the heat of your skin

left traces in my dreams

sinking in deep

such a strong touch

that it met me in between worlds,

the echoes of your words

drummed against places

that only existed here and now,

this time you let me,

this time I was allowed,

to be selfish... and keep you by my side

daytime came unexpectedly

without a moment to spare

sunlight tracing our bodies

making us equal under the cold sheets

making you mine

no longer oppressed by the cold and darkness

of that empty street,

no longer chilled to the bone

in the end, I finally slept in my bed

surrounded by the whispers of the early morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Y-DefI5tk

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wetpetals
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Dragonfly (shy girl)

How fragile you are.

Like dragonfly wings.

Your tender feelings

In love.

Be careful where

You put your love, little bug.

Remember,

How fragile you are.

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Mnezz
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Legends of the Dragons of Mystix.

Let no one tell you....

Dragons are make believe

They are quite helpful

Even though hardly seen

You say they don’t exist

But I must insist, & persist

They do live among us

You only have to scan

Check all your surroundings

You’ll spot them soon

If you know where to look

They may just be frozen

Lying in still motion

Waiting for the right chance

To come out of hiding

Not to pounce

They don’t even bounce

But they do, and can fly

Let no one tell you....

Dragons are make believe

#LegendsOfTheDragonsOfMystix.

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Mavia
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Cupping Our Hands

... May we always have

...... this overflow ........

.......... 'n this excess.....

'cause isn't that—

—what We dread?

..... the have-been ......

..... the washed-up ......

....... the half-dead ......

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

... May we always have

...... this overflow ........

.......... 'n this excess.....

#Challenge #SameBeginningSameEnding

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Vyxyn
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The Red Dragon

Beware the Beast from within,

for she is great and may make you Sin.

I keep her chained and in a box

most days she’s disguised as a fox.

Scales blood red from tail to head

claws with might, fangs that bite!

The Red Dragon, “Epilepsy” be her name,

difficult it is to send her back from whence she came.

She is a storm in the night

she gives everyone a fright.

In convulsions she claws free of my skin

Beware the beast from within.

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RainbowUnicorn
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A Single Heart Breaking

An Angel flew to Heaven

That angel broke hearts of many

She broke mine the most

Many cannot see my heart is toast

I was never the same,

Eleven days on a hospital bed,

That angel loved animals,

She was very understandable,

More and more noticed.

My heart broke into many pieces

That day she passed.

Her body was a temporary cast.

Her soul gone within seconds.

Never thought about real heart break

Until she had gone.

In a game called life, she was just a pawn.

She was gone and I miss her.

She is missed dearly,

I can feel when she is watching me,

What about the peices on the ground, these

are merely stains upon the ground now.

An Angel flew to Heaven.

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JustQuinn
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She

She only wanted to matter.

She didn’t tell anyone about what was going on inside.

She was the one who was always there.

Always happy.

So she flirted with the boys.

She gossiped with the girls.

“Lol”s and “haha”s taking over her life.

She had to be happy, she had to be funny, for them to accept her.

But inside she was festering.

She was boiling, bubbling, burning away.

She was dangling off a cliff.

And more and more weights were being tied to her ankles.

Her arms were getting awfully tired.

Nobody could see her

they couldn’t see her grip failing and Her mind evaporating

she scratched and scarred

Trying to make it all go away

the taunts from friends

the insults from parents

The screams and looks of anger

the times she wasn’t good enough,

telling herself that she was Overreacting that other people had it worse that she wasn’t actually diseased all people felt this way why can’t you just be normal for once and actually have some cool friends what’s wrong with you just let it be you moron

clinging on for dear life she told her mother the tip of the iceberg, dipping her feet in the kiddie pool

“I’ve been getting really bad flashes of anxiety.”

“I think that really bad stomachache that had me up for hours was pure anxiety.”

but her mother didn’t know what to do

asked “Are you ok?”

such an easy question to lie to

“I’m offended you asked! Of course I’m fine.”

her mother couldn’t tell if it was a problem

she let it go

not believing that her baby could have something wrong with her

but the girl could not let go so easily

so she lied to be the easy child

not wanting to burden others not wanting to be weak

not letting others go what she went through

she couldnt breathe she couldnt move and she remembered every mistake she made and the walls were closing in and her stomach was turning and she couldnt handle this but she had to act like everything was fine

but it wasnt

she cried herself to sleep some nights

some nights tears refused to come

some nights she didnt sleep

others were filled with self loathing

the worst were the nights that doubt ate away

until she could take it no more

she wrote out farewells

sorry for the pain she knew she would cause

because she knew thats all she was good for

she only wanted to matter

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Clarity
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So Close

You were so close,

Yet so far.

I could almost feel the fear

Radiating off you

Like warm air on cold pavement.

And the look in your eyes-

The life was gone out of you.

I could have tried to save you,

But you were already gone.

You were so close,

Yet so far.

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AJAY9979
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Perhaps

"I will never love you again."

There are bluish spots on my back

From our spat last night over your drinking.

You had wanted me to go with you,

Even though you know I am six months along.

My eye casts a shadow over my face

From where you had suspected me of cheating

And taught me what you would do

If you ever saw the bastard you had imagined.

I have a rainbow on my neck

From your latest insecurity plaguing your mind

And telling you things that I don't do

To watching you destroy us once again.

I had tolerated it because he needed a father,

But now I see you are no father.

You are a coward hiding behind a beard

And will never be able to help raise a baby.

I will never love you again.

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AlexaLee
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Blue Eyes

“Hey there.”

I looked up from my chipped red nailpolish to find two round icecicles staring at me expectantly. They spoke again.

“Is anyone sitting here?” Blue eyes gestured to the empty seat next to me on the bench.

Suddenly feeling my tongue go incredibly dry I could only nod quickly. I hoped he would just think I was mysterious and not too shallow to give him a verbal answer. Or maybe he would think I was a woman of few words who’s a great listener or mayb...

“Heeeellooo?” My thought train stopped abruptly when I realized he was talking to me.

I had planned on apoligizing quickly and recovering by asking him to repeat himself in a soothing and gentle voice. Instead what came out of my parched throat more resembled a cat hacking up a hairball...I’ll just let you imagine how attractive that sounded.

To my surprise he just chuckled slighty and asked if I was alright.

Finally after getting my bearings I was ready to make my vocal chord abilities known.

“Yeah,” giving a little laugh of my own, “I’m fine. Thank you.” Nailed it.

“So what were you saying?”

He shifted slightly so that his ever broad shoulders were facing towards me. Honestly I think I could see every toned muscle on his body popping out of his shirt if it weren’t so stinkin cold and he wasn’t wearing a parka for goodness sakes. Thanks a lot Mother Nature...

“I just asked if you were from around here.” Warm. Fuzzy. All of me was alive with fire. I didn’t know someone’s voice could do that.

“Oh,” I said but then I realized I should propbably answer more.

“Oh! Um yeah. I mean no. Well kind of. I moved here about a year ago from Torento which is like an hour away. So really I’m not from around here but then again I am now I guess. But like I come to this bus stop all the time to wait for the bus.” Internally I face palmed myself. Why did I say that about the bus? He didn’t even ask about that. Word vomit. I just word vomited on this poor man. This poor, gorgeous, unsuspecting man. Just as I was ready to accept my fate he completely shocked me.

“You’re funny. You know that?” Most men would have been walking home by now.

“Oh um. Thank you.” I tucked a piece of fly away hair behind my ear.

We both sit in silence and it’s not weird. It’s actually kind of nice. So we stay like that, me and my crystal eyed stranger friend, until the bus comes bumbling along.

Both our eyes flicker to the bus number and sadly it’s his and not mine. I’ve been waiting here for ages by the way. How in the world did his bus come before mine? There has to be a better system they can try to...

“Goooooodbyeeee.” Once again I was pulled to reality by his voice.

“Oh! Goodbye! It was really nice meeting you.” I gave a small wave. It did it’s job because he waved back from in front of the bus doors. He started climbing on but said something I couldn’t make out to the driver and suddenly turned back to the outside.

“Hey! Um I never did get your name.” Oh yeah duh I should have offered it.

“Layla. Layla Thomas.” That seemed to satisfy him because his smile was bright enough to make me squint. He probably thought I smelled something bad or something...

Before I knew it the bus was gone and so was the blue eyed beauty.

Eventually my bus came and I was soon curled up on my couch watching some staged reality TV show. It was just when the drama was getting really good that my phone dinged. Glancing down at the text, something caught my eye that made me hit pause on the remote. It was from an unknown number but the text read, “So I know this seems totally stalkerish but I haven’t been able to get you out of my head since the bus stop. So yes I admit I looked you up in the phone book...I hope that’s ok.”

I read the text over and over again. This was not happening. This was not real life. Things like this only happen in movies. Someone was messing with me right? I sent a simple reply that would clear all this up.

“Blue eyes?” I honestly was not expecting the answer I got in return.

“Hey there. ;)”

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