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Tag Archives: Human Condition

The Molted Skin of Childhood

Old bridge across the Saugeen River at Krug Memorial Park in Chesley

He had gone away years before. Away, as in not there, not where Miranda was, not around when she needed him—or someone, anyone—to be in her corner.

Posted byAly Writes19th Mar 202119th Mar 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, ProseTags:Dysfunctional, Family, Flash, Human Condition, Prose, Running AwayLeave a comment on The Molted Skin of Childhood

Buried Alive

She feels it beating at its cage like desperate fists pounding inside a coffin that’s been closed too soon, buried too soon.

Posted byAly Writes23rd Feb 202123rd Feb 2021Posted inMicro Fiction, Prose, TravelTags:Anxiety, Current Events, Human Condition, Prose, TravelLeave a comment on Buried Alive

Someone Else’s Window

Outside someone else’s window the neighbour’s wife
. . .

Posted byAly Writes1st Jan 20211st Jan 2021Posted inBolivia, Humor, Photography, PoetryTags:Bolivia, Funny, Human Condition, Photography, PoetryLeave a comment on Someone Else’s Window

To Escape the Lurking Darkness

I whisper my confessions to the lake that holds my secrets.

Posted byAly Writes13th Dec 202013th Dec 2020Posted inProse, The LakeTags:Anxiety, Human Condition, Photography, Prose, TherapyLeave a comment on To Escape the Lurking Darkness

Collecting Thoughts and Keeping Quiet

I’m fading away
Disappearing
Camouflaged into the background
Even as the world is fearing

Posted byAly Writes11th Dec 202011th Dec 2020Posted inPhotography, PoetryTags:Current Events, Human Condition, Photography, PoetryLeave a comment on Collecting Thoughts and Keeping Quiet
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