Tag: Creative Nonfiction
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Deciding Whether to Plug In
The breaker blew sometime before dawn—a quiet failure, the house holding its breath. By morning the electrician arrived with a tool belt and calm hands. The breaker, it turned out, hadn’t really blown at all. It came back on the moment he flipped it—the same breaker I had flipped several times before finally calling him.…
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PEACEFUL REVERIE
In the tender light of morning, I find myself on the porch swing, gently swaying to the rhythm of a new day. The air is crisp, carrying the sweet scent of dew-kissed grass, mingling with the faint aroma of blooming flowers. As the first rays of sunlight pierce through the canopy of trees, they cast…
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From the Bottom of the Well, Hope Rises
She lay there at the bottom of the well without a clue as to how she got there. She does not remember the fall or how long she has been there. But long enough that she has forgotten how to climb. Her mind is numb, almost dead. She cannot formulate thoughts. She has forgotten how…
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A DRAGONFLY?
Have you ever seen a dragonfly? I have. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. That dragonfly soared to heights previously unknown. They were beyond grasp. Unattainable. Not because of self-limitations but by other’s constraints. But Lord, when she spread her wings — if you could have only seen that DRAGONFLY! I…
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