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Challenge

It's not you, it's me . . .

You were just A challengeThat’s all you were To me I don’t think I liked you muchBut wished You wanted me And wanting it So badlyNeeding To prevail ThinkingPlanningPlottingDetermined not to fail Upset it was upsettingI couldn’t reel You in ApproachAfter a...

Anonymous

“Why did you miss your chance, you would have won this race. Don’t you know the prize money” my friend growled at me. Other day… When I was coming back after registering for the race, I heard a cute voice,“Daddy, you will win this race right? I will go to...

Shell Game

Now you see it . . .

She stands before youSo sincereHer heart is on displayCradled in her outstretched handsHeld so tenderly You melt to see her standing thereYou want so to believeAnd to accept her offeringYour hands begin to reach And as you do she pulls awaySaying "you mus...

Singularly Special?

Have you ever wondered what the quiet singletons are thinking? No? Don't read this, then!

This musing only available on Stories Space. If you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen.They say that there is someone for everyone. If that's the case, then somewhere out there, in that big, wide world, there is a fat, grumpy, depressed, cookie-...

Choice

Freedom to write as one deems

What does a number mean? Can one's thoughts truly be scored? Is this a race, winning the highest vote? Many shun the chance to shine Others boast, thinking they are tops While some prefer to just try It is not winning that brings joy The challenge defies...

Dreaming

Searching for a Midas place of pleasure

Alone in this darkness, no others in the universe, nothing to see or hear. Eyes seemingly blind, forever beside myself, only silence gracing my ear. Solitude not so serene,loneliness being my prison, why do I venture here? I need to set myself free,escape...

Me and God

A modern version of the Story of Job

No one believes this story when I tell it, but it’s as true as a black cup of coffee on a winter morning. I’m used to weird looks and I know what they’re thinking, but it doesn’t matter to me, although, I’m not sure what I’d say if somebody told me they w...

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Initiation

A foolhardy young man dives off a cliff, struggles, and celebrates survival..

Mike hung by his toes at the edge of the quarry. He took a deep breath and pictured himself diving into the milky water 20 feet below. The water was said to be 50 feet deep at its center but neither he nor any of his friends knew how deep the water was ju...