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Concrete Angel

It’s just a small stone—a little angel girl, tucked away in a far corner, where no one will ever see it. There is no funeral, just a scattering of people who thought that they knew her, but had it all wrong. Someone has placed a rose on the grave, but it looks all out of place.

Miste Hope it reads, carved in beautiful scripted letters. Her mother cries in earnest, tears flowing fast and free. No one would guess what went on behind closed doors. No one would guess all the things that happened.

A bird twitters, a joyful song that doesn’t seem to belong. The sun filters through the trees for the first time in days; filaments of gold caressing the cloudy sky.

In a few days, moss will begin to cover the stone, and before long, you’ll be unable to read her name. Amongst the bigger brighter, adorned shrines, no one will notice this, the little girl who tried so hard to be strong.

In a few days, everyone will have forgotten.

No one will remember the little angel girl, the one who walked to school all alone.

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Blusparrow
Posted 2 months ago

So sad but so true! I wont forget the story you wrote about her though! very good little mini series!
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Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

Love it, not just because you’ve used one of my all-time favorite words, “filament,” but because it was so poetically written. A very moving though brief series, much like the tragic, too-short life of your heroine, Miste. What inspired the name?
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someday_93
Posted 2 months ago

haha, it could have been longer, but the titles are are lyrics to the song “Concrete Angel” so I needed it to work out…the chorus goes
_Through the wind, and the rain, she stands hard as a stone, in a world that she can’t rise above…but her dreams give her wings, and she flies to a place where she’s loved…concrete angel” =]
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One Time, One Chance
Posted 2 months ago

my friend likes that song, concrete angel. i wanna check it out then=]
sad ending, but i really loved the little miniseries=]
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`espressotherapy.
Posted 2 months ago

i love that song, it saved my life (almost literally). it has such beautiful lyrics. have you watched the video? (it’s on youtube). i’m glad your back someday! (i’ve been gone too, but i’m back as well). this is so wonderfully written, you have such a tender, poetic, sad soul someday.
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I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!!
Posted 2 months ago

This reminds me of the really sad country song my one best friend sang to me to learn it. It almost made me cry. Like this one almost made me cry. Almost.
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writer4life00nj
Posted 2 months ago

Wow your stories are really goo. thx for commenting my stories, workin on it.
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LovingYourHeartbreak♥
Posted about 1 month ago

I was right. Love the song. Loved the series. You are aaammmaazziiinngg. I seriously was lk crying. :[
&&I loved the name Miste. LOVEEEE .