The Day the Ice Broke_Don’t Let Go_MOON IN THE LAKE_Twice the Fun
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The Day the Ice Broke
I look out my window, watching the snowflakes fall silently to the ground they’ve been falling on every day for the past three years. I watch as a truck slows down next to a neighbor’s house, parks, and out comes a woman carrying a bag of food for her friend, my neighbor. This happens to at least four houses every day. There has been a food shortage ever since this cold started. I watch as the same woman, after bwww.onedoor.ccringing the food into the house, brings in some bottles with warm water. I watch little kids playing ball in their favorite spot; one of them falls, and starts to yell as his mother ...
Don’t Let Go
Content warning: suicide The snow fell gently. Calming me at the last moment. The snow reminding me of the stars. Close and distant at the same time. All of them moving in their paths long determined by fate. This moment, like many moments before, was broken with the old memory. Your voice breaking as you told me ”hold on, don’t let go”! You were in uniform back then. Just like I was. Back in the Stan. They say being gut shot is one of the most painful feelings you can experience. Boy were they right. The pain was ungodly. But your eyes. Even with grit and sand on your face. Your eyes sang to...
MOON IN THE LAKE
They were lying on the bank of the river watching the sun rise. It was a cloudless morning and the sun was starting to show its vigour. They were looking hopefully for someone to come and help them. He was dressed in shorts and his chest was bare. She was in jeans with a blouse on top. In moments a boat sounded near them and they saw search lights focussing on them. Two men rushed out of the boat and lifting the woman first loaded her on the boat. They came back and the man was also on board. The boat reversed and in a matter of minutes reached a quay. An ambulance was standing by and the two ...
Twice the Fun
So often those whose intentions are admirable, don’t consider the consequences of their intended good deeds. Placing a certain amount of presumption on the grantee, when considering the concept of good, can make them a bit uncomfortable.Most often when considering doing something one considers good, charitable like, they are most often thinking of how they would react should someone impose a similar wish or action upon them. Now, given the fact that no two people, let alone a universe of people, are alike, the likelihood of meeting ones’ expectations when lavishing their gifts on another, is ...