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Fractured
Write a story that could be titled 'Fractured'. Think about which themes would feed into this title.
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Sometimes it takes losing someone,
To realize
You love them
But then you’re stuck,
With feelings that could have belonged,
Without the person
They were meant for
So all you have left
Is pieces of your heart;
Instead of the whole
But you can’t quite make them fit,
Back together,
Not perfectly;
As time slips a
w
a
...
“You are 10 minutes late, Mrs Lee. Our clinic runs on time, as you know.”
I tried not to be too rude but had to interpret what the receptionist was saying. I gave her an apologetic Korean smile. She nodded.
“Your therapist will be out in a minute so take a seat.”
We turned around and walked through a few rows of chairs. She grabbed the first empty chair next to the white wall. She was so glad...
There is a saying
That we are worth more
Than the sum of our parts
It's like saying the sun
Isn't a star
It's a concept
I can't believe
My cracks
Merging and breaking
More than it all
But I never feel myself
By the end
Bottling my feelings
Before I
Dragging my emotions along
Deepening the cracks
Do not or do
Hearts slashed apart
Here is everywhere and not
Have nothing but my own thoughts
...
Richard dug 3 unmarked graves in the last month. One for each body he found in his trunk.
A mugger, a hooker, and a homeless man he knew from the park. He never remembered how they died.
He stepped down into his 4th grave holding a revolver. He lifted the muzzle of the gun to his temple. Darkness followed.
He woke without clothes in his bed as though he’d showered, a towel around his waist. As...
So many things can break with such little effort.
Brisa Crowe peered through the keyhole, able to see very little of the room beyond, but hearing so many different conversations. She tried to force her focus onto what her parents were saying, though it was incredibly difficult.
Still, she managed it.
“We’ve got to get out here,” her dad said quietly.
“Where?”
“Anywhere. Anywhere but here.”
...
I never saw it coming. My head was slammed against the wall, and as I slumped to to the floor I passed out. The blood from my head wound stained the floor. It also was on the hands of my attacker, who hastily washed his hands and ran out of my apartment.
My head was fractured in a few places. I was barely breathing when I was rescued. The EMT picked me up and laid me on the stretcher. I was in a c...
Children flocked to the school bursting with excitement. Boxes, bags and carts bravely accompanied the young minds inside. For today was the Grand Science Fête. A cheerfully bright banner had been draped across the door frame. Posters littered the walls at quirky angles.
At last there was a child at every table, organised according to their project. Except for the table at the back of the large ...
She wasn’t human anymore.
Too many people had
chipped away
at her kindness,
at her humanity.
At first, she
gave herself away willingly,
urging those to
accept her love.
But then she
didn’t have to urge,
and they started begging,
and she kept giving.
Giving.
Giving.
Giving.
Taking.
Taking.
Taking.
And the store where
she bought the glue
to hold herself together
went out of busines...
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