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Safe and Sound – Part Two
I must have fallen asleep at some point, and I woke to Dad shaking me and shouting. He was convinced someone was in the shelter with us. Shouting about Mary, about Mum, pointing at the door, the bathroom, under the beds. It was chaos. I got out of bed, trying to calm him down, or…
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Safe and Sound – Part One
He tried to open the door, so I shot him. He staggered back, falling off of the ladder, his face frozen in horror, staring up at me, still and silent. I was alone. The scarlet stain spread across his once clean, white shirt, pooling on the floor around his body. He was dead. Nothing could…
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Green Day Had A Point
I couldn’t resist the call of your calm embrace,my alarm cut through our soft, serene dreaming,but your arms were still so insistent,not a doctor, but determined to heal me,and so, there I stayed,still in your gaze,never judged, never questioned,just allowed to heal. I thought I might sleep until the Spring and Summer went back into…
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She Has Reached The Anger Stage
She was scattered across the house,secret ashes that he couldn’t let go of,as if there had been a fire,a small, silent child ripping across the sideboards and the dining room table with a rage he couldn’t remember,but begrudgingly accepted. “That’s my special girl.” His voice was hoarse as he showed his neighbours his hoarded images…
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In Conversation With The Sun
The sun has set and then seen fit to show her face again,and so have I.As she sparkles, I ask with a mousy, meek tone if I will always struggle to follow her as she rises,and we share a smile.She says nothing,but we both know that brighter days are bounding towards us.
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 