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Journey
The distance between two points increases over time—like a map being stretched little by little every day. Force it too far and it snaps like an old, overused rubber band. Instead give it a rest and fold it in half a few times. Though now, the map is distorted and can no longer navigate from …
Holistic
My time with you is limited—all I hear is the metronome of our descending clock reverberating through my mind. I want to take a piece of you with me when I go— Tuck your laughter under my arm like a book of poetry so I can read it whenever I please— Then …
Bath
There was a sparkle in God’s eye when he told the clouds to drape the sky like a lace covering; patches of blue show through like skin through the open stitching of a white lace dress. The rain wraps around the city like a cold embrace that envelops everything within, until the …
Birds of a Feather
For the first time in her life, she felt like a sea shell—something to be picked up, looked at, maybe admired by some, but soon thrown back into the sand without a second thought. She didn’t want that—she didn’t want to be a silver charm that hangs on a bracelet and bangs …
Park Bench
This morning marks the anniversary, the anniversary of two people dying. The open air of the park allows his thoughts to run wild as he sits alone on a bench. Today is an anniversary of days, months, years, decades—he doesn’t know. But this morning is the anniversary of the ending of a great love story—the …
Ashley Cameron's Writing 