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Write the most touching story possible in 10 words or less. Poetry or prose.
Ended July 5, 2016 • 198 Entries • Created by Cross
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Write the most touching story possible in 10 words or less. Poetry or prose.
Unheard Cries
I kept the ultrasound of the baby I never met.
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Grief
Dead son
Bed's edge
A loaded gun
For father's head
-DeRicki
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Cyclic
She cuddled him at birth,
He caressed her at death.
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A child’s heart
The little girl noticed he had no food,
She shared.
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Almost
She almost survived.
But almost is never enough.
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Goodbye's made me see who you were to me.
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Last Time I Saw Dad Alive
Embracing you
Knowing it was the last time
Did you?!
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Priorities
My parents protected their reputations instead of punishing my rapist.
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Random Acts of Kindness
She sobbed on the curb until a stranger brought flowers.
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Just Yesterday
Planning to propose to her today, death claimed him yesterday.
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