CHALLENGE RESPONSE – THURSDAY INSPIRATION – SHORT FICTION
She sips her coffee, thinking about her first great love—that love she could never talk about—the love that fills her with joy and pain all at once. The joy is knowing what love truly is, not that stuff you read in romance novels or movies. Pain, well, if you know love, you know pain.
There were throwaways—well, that’s what folks called them back then. It meant no one wanted them. She felt that way until she met the woman who changed her life. She also fell in love with a boy who lived with the woman. He was like her, a throwaway. She knew she shouldn’t love him but couldn’t help herself. They spent one night together before he left for the war, and the war took him.
She’ll never forget how she felt the next morning. It felt like she was glowing from the inside. For it was the first day she felt whole.
Memoirs of Madness 
“Pain, well, if you know love, you know pain.” I adore this line. So very, heartbreakingly, true.
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Yeah, sometimes I wish I could lie while writing. I wish could paint that perfect picture in the minds of the reader But, doesn’t seem to be my gift, my corner of the craft. Nope, it seems I’m the bearded homeless man on the corner spouting unsolicited wisdom, if you want to call it that, at any rate the stuff you really don’t want to hear but need to.
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I’m the same. I’ve never been able to master the art of Disney writing — it just feels false to me. Keep being you, my friend. I wouldn’t have it any other way! 😍
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sure to paraphrase Wilde … everyone else is already taken
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