Stories tagged with "letting go"

  • Rehabilitation Officer? Inspired by text

    “Rehabilitation officer? What’s rehabilitation?”

    “Rehabilitation is the process of disengaging you with everything,” Goethe …

  • A Walk with a Plane on a Clear Night

    The connection that she had with the airplane was better than she ever had with any person. She walked with it down the stree…

  • Letting Go. Inspired by a photo

    I was hunkered down into the snow, just waiting for someone to come and see me. To talk to me. To hug me. To keep me warm, a…

  • My Plan Inspired by text

    So I need to forget them. Forget them and start over. That’s it. All I have to do.

    Eventually I did all of the usual, mornin…

  • Phoenix in the Pit of Snakes

    I hear your triumphant hiss.
    Your venom quickly courses
    through my veins, advancing
    toward my cold, fractured heart.
    Release!...

  • Last words on post-its, part 1 Inspired by text

    It was a cold and rainy afternoon, the perfect day to begin sorting out his belongings. I was still in mourning after my fath…

  • Last words on post-its, part 2 Inspired by text

    A tear ran down my face. How could I give this away? I decided then and there to make two piles, one for the stuff that was g…

  • Standing on the Cliff

    you cant shake away that feeling.
    Like something is on the edge
    poised on the presuppose of falling
    The shaking frustration,...

  • Letting Go of Yesterday Inspired by text

    I get in my car and drive away, leaving all the years of abuse and unhappiness behind. I tell myself that I will make a bette…

  • Don't Let Go

    “Please!” she begged him. “Don’t let go.”
    He hung on to the edge, he was losing his grip.
    “I’m trying!” he said.
    “Try Harde…