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Justice served?

Somewhere a mother cries herself to sleep every night, clutching her daughter’s picture to her aching heart. She knows her little girl is never coming back to hug her and tell her, ” Mummy, I love you”, and this thought…

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Release

  Release   The noose around my neck was choking life out of me. The stool under my feet was trying to hold my weight. I’d kicked it away and closed my eyes. I was ready to end the suffering…

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Empty Platform

Alone, She stands on the platform Watching trains go by A traveler she is not Just someone who is lost   Had alighted here long ago Suffered a blow to the heart And left behind to wonder   Did she…

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Daddy, I Love You.

Dearest dad, I don’t miss you because you live in my heart. I have also forgiven myself for not being at the hospital because I know you would have forgiven me too. You believed in seeing the good in people…

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Calendar on the wall

Calendar on the wall.   Sia glanced at the calendar hanging crookedly on the wall. The rusty nail  almost falling out of the crudely drilled hole in the wall of her study. It reminded her of her life and her…

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Because…

Because I need to survive, I have to stop breathing your name. Also you haven’t got a clue, how many times I think of you.   It’s bad enough when I am awake, but asleep too, I am with you.…

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A writer writes…

All I have ever wanted to do in life is to write…words spill out of my mind onto the paper of their own accord. I don’t seem to have any control over them or my fingers holding the pen, scribbling…

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My Sacred Space

       Memories of people I love, places I was happy in and things I collected then, are all part of the special place I retreat into everyday to rejuvenate and replenish my soul. The songs we sang as…

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Tortured Soul

Your long awaited call, took my breath away. I forgot all the things, that I had wanted to say.   I listened to you speak but, heard only my heart beat. Your voice touched the, part of my soul which…

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Soaked in memories…

Soak no more!   I am a painter’s delight. I am covered in a kaleidoscope of colors, each more vibrant than the other. Each brush stroke has given me a new identity and meaning, every splash of color has transformed…

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