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Life Can Now Begin

Life goes on they say. I hate that saying. Maybe because it’s always easiest for the one saying it. The one who has no idea what loss is and the pain and remorse that trails it like a never ending parade of grief.

There are so many things I’d like to tell my father. I don’t know if I would try to punch him or hug him if he climbed out of his grave right now and said he was sorry.

The tears have stopped though. I’d never imagine that kneeling here before his headstone for the first time would make my tears stop.

His life was a blur of booze and abuse. I can still hear his hateful shouting – the airborne anger riveting through the thin walls of my bedroom where I hunched, shaking, wishing I could shrink down next to a tiny dust particle on the floor boards.
I remember the smell of him. Hot sweat mixed with rum seeping from his pores, filling our home with a sickly, volatile odor.

Life goes on is just another cliche. So I made up my own saying, one that pertains to me.

Life can now begin.

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Life Can Now Begin
Blusparrow
Posted 7 months ago

Great sequel
I do hate when people say that too
it is easier said then done
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THX 0477
Posted 7 months ago

Ooh, that was a nice continuation of the dark theme in the preceding ficlet while still offering a ray of hope through the ugly memories. Great title and last line. Awesome sequel. Awesome job.
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One Time, One Chance
Posted 7 months ago

i love it!!!! i didn’t really have a setting in my prequel, so i like how you gave them one. awesome jobbb!!!!!!=]
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SKermitgorf
Posted 7 months ago

Congrats on being Featured Ficlet again…
Great title and motto. Powerful writting. Depth.. bitterness and resolved feelings..moving on.
One of the best youv’e written.
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Blusparrow
Posted 7 months ago

wow featured! nice!
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emma jo_234
Posted 7 months ago

Wow. I’m speechless. This is so incredibly deep and moving. Powerful, like Kermitgorf said. Many congrats on making Featured!
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[pens&feathers]
Posted 7 months ago

So wonderful and deep. You capture the emotion perfectly, and the descriptions are wonderful.
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Living In Wonder Land ♠
Posted 7 months ago

Congratulations!
It’s a featured ficlet!

Great story. Its moving, powerful, sad, heartbreaking and most of all about one of the best featured ficlets!

Congrats once again.
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Melia
Posted 7 months ago

So vivid. So dark. You have a way with descriptions that I really admire.
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Alexa ♥
Posted 7 months ago

Eloquent. It gives a real feeling of the speaker’s emotions.
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visionary vixen!
Posted 7 months ago

wow!. i really really felt that.

i think its amaziing.
i admire the way you write!
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Trying to Blend
Posted 7 months ago

WoW! Powerful story. One that will surely stay with the reader for a while.
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flute faerie
Posted 6 months ago

Really good Ficlet, very deep. It’s not easy to forget.