Yet another story that I started but not finished so you can do it:)
He loved the dark of the night. It was calming. He was inspired for his writing only at nights. He had written almost all parts of his upcoming book in the dead of the night. But there were those nights, like tonight, that scared him. He was feeling that chest pain that he always felt at such nights. He looked out the window to distract himself from the pain and he could not believe what he saw. [Your continuation goes here].
He was looking into his own eyes reflected by the window pane. And then, for no reason he could find later, started sobbing. The thought stream was relentlessly churning with bits and fragments of history gone.
Then, as all turbulent, emotional events seem to do, everything seemed to slowly fall to a soft fade and then stop. He realized he was intensely calm, like a radio station attenuated to black. Looking into the night he saw the darkness with a shining new view.
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For some reason, all comments in this post went to pending and I didn’t see it till now. I love your ending! Very detailed, emotionally.
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He saw nothing. No lights. No neon grazing the distance, no M101 symbol from the bus stop. It’s wasn’t only what he couldn’t see, it was what he couldn’t hear, noise of any kind. No sirens. No idle chatter. No smells.
There was nothing left of the world he once knew.
The dead of night used to remind him of opportunity, stolen time amongst hectic days.
Now the dead of night symbolized death. Just death. The end of everything.
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Deep! I love it!
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“There was an owl, perched high upon a lonesome branch. The moon cast just enough glow for him to see the creature stirring. And then, in an instant, the bird was gone.”
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And the owl symbolizes being lost?
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No worries!
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it felt like his own reflection….his younger else. This is what happens when you constantly try running away from your past and then it hits you write in your face on a random night of sadness.
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This is lovely! I love the connection!
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It was her! The muse of his visions. The one that drove him to pen at night. Here before him.
She was beautiful. Glowing. The longer he stared the more enraptured he became. The gentle glow and warmth of her heavenly body. The mysterious look upon her face. He couldn’t help but want to think the most beautiful thoughts about her.
And so he did – the words flowed freely tonight. Leaning on the passion he felt for her beauty, his words translated the mystery that was his book. With the finishing touch, he realized that he had witnessed his dream come true and he had just written the story by his own pen.
Another author once warned him of penning his dream into life. But what could go wrong when such beauty is summoned?
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As usual, great ending! The depth and the details.
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An angel walking on the lawn… 🙂
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Good one!
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A rhinoceros was lumbering down the street. What was a rhinoceros doing in Massachusetts in the middle of January?
His head banged into the desk and he woke up from his dream.
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Phew, that was a dream. Nice!
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Haha, no problem!
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His heart dropped as he saw one of the regular homeless folks rummaging through the trash bins put out in advance for tomorrow morning’s early pick up. He felt so sad that this human being was reduced to rummaging disgusting bins of waste to exist. Not even to live but just to exist. He jumped up and bound into his well stocked kitchen and began opening pantry cabinets in a harried frenzy.
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This night could lead to a good deed. Love that!
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