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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

Eventually

There are days when the brevity of life is apparent.
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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

Springtime Remembered

Dreams of other springs.
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bvmbi
bvmbi Commabassador some things about "something"

When we’re old

Something about us old
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s0me0ne
s0me0ne Gifted Writer Wordplay. Horseplay. Foreplay.

Day six of nine

Who'd have thought I'd be good at this? Part seven in a series chronicling my time caring for my elderly mother.
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bernardtwindwil
bernardtwindwil Gold Comma Granddad & story teller, tomthepo8.com

An ancient

Reflections on seniority
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s0me0ne
s0me0ne Gifted Writer Wordplay. Horseplay. Foreplay.

NINE DAYS

I will be my mother's sole carer for nine days. I am, at once, excited but also absolutely terrified.
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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

Untitled

Little Peeps 😊🦉a tiny poem on aging.
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sedehaven
sedehaven Bronze Comma I am writer. Hear me starve,

38

At 38, all of my grandparents were over the hill. Now, so am I. Source: https://sedehaven.tumblr.com
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s0me0ne
s0me0ne Gifted Writer Wordplay. Horseplay. Foreplay.

Day seven of nine

When does a life cease to be a life worth living? Some questions are just too hard... Part eight in this series. Won't pretend I didn't struggle with this piece.
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lizziebevis
lizziebevis Gifted Writer I remain loyal until the end...

A lifetime of seasons

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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

Birthday Girl

Would you make a wish if you could? How long would you wait to make it?
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lizardofawes
lizardofawes Community member

Old Men and Rainy Days

i wish i were the rain. a drizzle, no a downpour
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astromemeking
astromemeking your local schizophrenic dude

Running

sometimes i wonder what kids are always running from. (this is more an existential crisis than anything else we can live with that though, right?)
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hypersl0w
hypersl0w notes on the commonplace

When We Age

Why do the years go faster when we age?
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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

The Fiddler

We're all afraid of something.
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birdyodell
birdyodell Gifted Writer found words, flash fiction, art©️

Spring in Winter

Looking back on youth
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adeveda
adeveda Community member

False Promise of Safety Nets

Being tricked into believing that net was "just in case."
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bernardtwindwil
bernardtwindwil Gold Comma Granddad & story teller, tomthepo8.com

Justice?

Always remember no matter how tough life is, it beats the hell out of the alternative.
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deidrebelle
deidrebelle Artist and writer

Lullaby

Morning comes and finds me hiding Mercilessly optimistic fingers of light
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