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When Happiness Walks Out

Faith touches too few, and Sadness sits by too many.

Blank expression, there’s a man in the corner who’s met Desperation on a dark one-way street. And he knows he’s in deeper than he ever meant to be, but he can’t seem to claw his way out.

There’s a woman with blue eyes who knew Happiness long ago. She’s got the laugh-lines on her face, but now Memory is her only friend, and the light has left her eyes that used to glitter.

The girl in the back has been tapped on the shoulder by Love. But the boy standing next to her has been struck by Indifference.

Someones sits by the window, watching the snow fall softly into the dense grove of trees outside, recalling all of those nights by the phone with Loneliness.

Doubt creeps in through the back door of everyone’s mind. Contentment is tricky, and Awe ever more scarce.

Imagination? Only someone we befriended as a child and discarded as we grew out of ourselves.

And always, Death stalks the back of the room, keeping constant check over Life.

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Sailor Emo
Posted 12 months ago

Wow.goosebumps.Wow.You should get this published!!!!!!!This deffinately deserves to be featured.
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someday_93
Posted 12 months ago

This is sooo beautiful. I love it! I especially love the way you made all of the feelings capitalized. It added a really nice feel to it. This is great!
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Stovohobo
Posted 12 months ago

Very, very nice use of personification. I absolutely love it.
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THX 0477
Posted 12 months ago

Yes, quite a lovely job giving life to some intangibles.
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Mistress Elsha Hawk
Posted 12 months ago

I pictured a high school classroom and a teacher looking around at each student, seeing the behind-the-scenes stories of their home lives. I really like this, very insightful!
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Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3
Posted 12 months ago

i like it, your writing inspires me. i think we all are a little bit of everything
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blueyedwonder
Posted 12 months ago

this is gorgeous and beautiful and amazing. i love the personification of abstracts.
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Ana Cristina
Posted 12 months ago

So, so lovely. This piece is something everyone can relate to.
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horrorfan13
Posted 12 months ago

This is very interesting. I do like your descriptions of the different emotions and how they can go awry.
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One Time, One Chance
Posted 11 months ago

omg, this is like, beautiful. wow. amazing job =]
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Three Gryphon[s]
Posted 11 months ago

This. Is. Amazing.
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T.F. Torrey
Posted 11 months ago

You make it difficult to keep coming up with original ways to say brilliant and excellent and amazing, but I’ll give it another try. This is poetic and beautiful and very well done.
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AeroPen
Posted 11 months ago

Completely amazing, even though I know everyone’s said it. When I read this Jealousy pinched me on the arm and Inspiration gave me a call =] Great job, amaxing, fantastic, yay!
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Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz
Posted 9 months ago

Wow… This is wicked amazing. I absolutely love it.
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emma jo_234
Posted 9 months ago

I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY .

Your writing is calming and inspires me. Your writing is fresh and poetic and soft like a blanket. Everything about it says “Beautiful.”