Passions in Prose |
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Still Moves |
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SCREAMIN Member
since 2003-04-28
Posts 51US, Tx |
Stillness fills my soul. Nothing moves, nor speaks, nor sighs. All I see is unmoving. The sounds that reach my motionless state do not stir me from my wakeful slumber. All I wish is for a tear; maybe a breath, but a tear will do; something to move in this silent, frozen, gray world where I’ve been trapped. A tiny gasp, a squirm or two; anything to make this immobile, pale land become alive. I pray a still and silent prayer. Asking for hope, I close my eyes. I open them again, and blink. Excitement grows beneath me, and I am lifted up. I’ve moved! My wish, my prayer, the hope has come!! At last I can break free from the torment of stillness! Standing for the first time, I walk, and I begin to run. I skip and jump and DANCE!! Oh I dance, with joy in my soul! Spinning, and spinning, running, and twisting! Arms held high, round and round, never stopping. Out of breath, gasping for air; smiling, and running, falling, and rolling. I feel the grass beneath me. I see the sky above, and the clouds, and the SUN!! Oh the marvelous sun!! The trees, and grass, and COLORS! Birds and squirrels, I frolic freely in the warmness of a new day. Suddenly I slow down to a halt, as I realize there is something missing. I look around at the beautiful new world I’ve stumbled into, and wonder how anything could be better. A tear comes into my eye; will I have to be still again? The tear rolls down my cheek, the movement makes more tears come. To give it up would be murder. I fall to my knees in the grass, and try, and try to figure out what’s missing. A sob escapes my lips, and the tears stop. Looking towards the heavens I stand again, and I laugh. Laughter rings through my ears, and through the trees and grass, and the clouds and the whole sky! I sing songs I’ve never known, and I shout and scream!! I dance and run, and skip, and sing, and laugh, and take in the beauty of this world! I soak it all up, until I am saturated with it. Arms outstretched and my whole body spinning, round and round and round again, I shriek, and scream joyously to the blue skies. Dusk sets in, and the sky becomes dark. Tiny jewels glisten against the inky blackness, shimmering in all their glory. I sit content and smile, and then I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Such tears in a time of need, is not a reasonable term of sanity. It is but a reasonable term of human imperection. Normal is what you make it. |
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Rainee Junior Member
since 2003-04-19
Posts 10 |
I see. Very interesting, I take coming from inner you? It's very well writen, you have the talent in you, the way you discribe things really reminds me of some of my work ![]() ![]() ~Rainee P.S. The title really suits the story [This message has been edited by Rainee (07-30-2003 05:16 PM).] |
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SCREAMIN Member
since 2003-04-28
Posts 51US, Tx |
Thank you so much. What I really wanted to do was create an atmosphere of complete bliss when she was running and jumping and spinning, and so on. A total difference from what she felt while she was unmoving. So thank you again for the kind words. Such tears in a time of need, is not a reasonable term of sanity. It is but a reasonable term of human imperection. Normal is what you make it. |
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