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Tag: Sandcastle

Light shining on glasses hazel brown eye
April 30, 2020December 27, 2020Poetry

Portrait (Sandcastle 15.01)

In the silence, even her heartbeat is out of tune. Perhaps she’d already been shattered and put back together.

August 2, 2016November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

Needles (Sandcastle 3.09)

My cramped fingers finally lose their hold on the porous rock. My heart hurdles into my throat. I gasp, arms pin-wheeling, flailing….

June 12, 2016November 8, 2017Poetry

Seconds (Sandcastle 2.14)

Waiting. Still waiting. Wind the pocket watch. Wouldn’t want to lose track of Time tick tick ticking away. Time never waits.

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