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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Melting away

Dreamsprite's picture
Submitted by Dreamsprite on May 6, 2008 - 15:37.

Folding away
Fragments of glass
Shimmering a column of
What's it called?
Light.
Blowing bubbles to the nonexistent surface.
I know I'm heading up.
I keep blowing them as much as much I can.
Flailing my legs.
Such lead...
Such lead...
Ivory panes greet my obscured cheek.
Not cold, not warm, but cool.
Heart keeps thumping

louder.Louder.LOUDER.

I need it. I need it.

Just one more...
This time, I don't see where it's going.
Pummeling the the glass I thought once were
my ticket to faraway Neverland
Now are my barrier.
Can't breathe...Can't breathe...
Can't breathe...Can't breathe...

Lifting up my left arm, I suddenly see,
The beige that's melting away.

emnoodlehead's picture

Wow, very intense. I really

Submitted by emnoodlehead on May 7, 2008 - 06:40.

Wow, very intense.
I really love the imagery you use here and how you keep the reader in tune with their imaginations.
Great job!

Dreamsprite's picture

Thank babe. I guess my main

Submitted by Dreamsprite on May 7, 2008 - 14:59.

Thank babe.
I guess my main theme was water.

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