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Oliver Q.

The Grammar of Touch & Time

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Two languages colliding: your body’s rough syntax, my heart’s messy grammar. Both say

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Ghost

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The prince searched far and wide for his princess, but there were no clues, no trace

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White angels playing in your hair. I crushed your big heart made of snow. Hopes blo

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A Seashell Soul

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When we met, all I saw was grey. Not the peaceful cool grey tones of the rainy PNW sk

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Tonight

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Tonight, the song of stars, sweet harmony, It calls your heart away. Please, stay. I

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Mixed Signals

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Nancy slams the apartment’s door as she enters. A far cry from her usually peppy pers

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Victoria Laviolette

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Once upon a time there was a lovely kingdom and the kingdom was ruled by lovely king and queen . The queen had triplets and taught them life will be kinder and accepting if you show that in return...

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First Smile

Erin Herlihy

1 min read

I remember

The first time

That our eyes met

And you smiled for me

I was the center of the universe

My heart swelled in my chest

I knew then

I wanted that smile

To wake up on the pillow

Next to me...

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A Second Chance

Kal_hf

8 min read

Her pov:

Birds circled overhead, blood dripped down from my stomach. Each step felt like a chore. Every passing minute felt like a century.

How did it come to this?

I had trusted and given him my heart, something I had warned myself not to do, yet I did.

I should’ve expected this. It was an arranged marriage after all. Why would he even care let alone love someone he was forced to marry?

No...

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kittykatsockz

1 min read

The rain fell loudly,

my tears fell louder.

The way my eyes glistened,

as the moon shines on me.

The moment you left,

was the moment I knew..

I was okay....

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Love

Anna

1 min read

I held her hand tight, and I wasn't ever letting go. Because for the first time in my whole life, I felt seen by someone. I didn't feel used for my kindness.

No, Ella saw me for more than this. She understands the way my brain works, and my heart beats. She got me. Not Finn, the nice and friendly man. But the little boy trapped inside this grown-up body.

The boy who needs love and reassurance.

...

Romance

Limerence

L. Louise

1 min read

I want you in my life

I want you to want me, too.

It doesn’t end.

I hate to say that I miss you

I miss you so much

I break all my rules

How can I try to not want you?

I let you go, over and over

Your silence is deafening

It freezes and burns

I felt complete before

Now, I don’t recognize

this person who yearns

I want to feel whole, more

than I think I want you

But I do want you

Because when I h...

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Romance

in this life

Rheese’s Puffs

1 min read

“I love you,” she choked out, staring at her trembling hands.

Elaine could feel the vines in her throat, coiling around the narrow space. Inside her lungs, flowers grew rapidly, filling every inch of space. Every exhale came with a twinge of pain, her lungs deflating and bumping against the sharp thorns.

“I’ve loved you for—“ Elaine rasped, clenching her fists as tightly as she could. “For as lo...

Drama

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The Battle of Bellator

Evelyn Daisy

3 min read

The fight raged on around me as my heart stopped dead. I had spotted her. Elise, the love of my life, the only thing I had left to live for. I looked into her eyes, wishing I could see a glimpse of the woman that I loved, but I knew what would greet me. Her beautiful green eyes, glassed over. This wasn’t her. This wasn’t my Elise. When they had taken her away from me I knew what they would turn he...

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Eyes Nose Lips

Lavnai

1 min read

I fell in love with his eyes. Soft and kind. His sepia pools engulf me and drown me in his love. Bright and intense. They give me glimpses into his past one I know to be full of pain and trauma. Despite it all they look upon me with adoration and unbridled compassion. His eyes are a gateway to his clever mind and a window to his full heart.

I grew to adore his Roman nose. At first I didn’t thin...

Romance

Lovers Apart

L. Louise

1 min read

Just before bed, I stood in the night air, and

I spoke to the moon. I poured out my heart,

trusting that she’d whisper my secrets

once she had arrived on your shore.

I spoke to the moon. I poured out my heart.

high tide and full of promises she’d deliver them

once she had arrived on your shore,

yet my confidence in her wanes each time she goes dark...

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