Stories tagged with "separation"

  • That's What the Imagination is For, Isn't It? Inspired by a photo

    Sigh.

    It felt like only yesterday that we met.
    Something just seemed to click.
    We had the same sense of humor, could under…

  • Distance and Insecurities Inspired by a photo

    I laughed as I watched her twirl. My beautiful mess of a best friend, so herself, so unapologetic. Two more weeks and we’d be…

  • Goodbye, I love you.

    And just like that it was finished. A sentence, a tear and a small, nervous smile waft over the wall that had been erected be…

  • It's going to feel great

    She stood by the window looking out. It was still dark, but she could hear the rain hitting the windowsill. Ever since she de…

  • History

    Jana looked at the letter again. What on Earth was she going to do about this? She thought that Adam was long gone from her l…

  • Boundary Inspired by a photo

    Alexandria followed him to the fence, but could go no further.

    He stood there staring at her with those blue-green eyes. Eye…

  • Persephone

    I live in the land of the dead and the land of the living. For six months, my skin grows pale and thin, like the underbelly o…

  • Juste un intrus Inspired by text

    He grabbed hold of my wrist. “No, don’t leave, Emily. You look upset. May I help you?”

    I wrenched free of his grasp. “You? Y…

  • Snow (A House with a Red Front Door)

    I wake up, and it’s snowing.

    But it isn’t the sort of ferocious snow that whips against your windows with a vengance. The k…

  • Break Ups

    Why do some break ups work out,
    While others blow both parties apart?
    Why do friends feel they have
    to pick a side?
    Why can’t…