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Sadness
Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
Ended March 9, 2022 • 18 Entries • Created by RosemarieThorn
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Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
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dctezcan
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The hardest part

The hardest part

was not the silence

rather than a soft thump

nor the absence of movement

instead of a kick

or having to push out

my lifeless second born.

The hardest part

was explaining to

my tearful three year old

why he wasn't going to be

a big brother.

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thisisit
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ER

one night

something inside

my body ruptured

my hospital stay

cost hundreds of dollars

but by far

the most terrifying part

was watching a young woman

in my same

hospital gown

admit to the nurse

she didn’t want

to live anymore

and my pain

paled against

her empty gaze

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Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
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Znilsson
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Final Moments

He looked into his sons eyes and held back tears as he knelt by the little bed.

The machines chirped.

"Where am I going when I die dad?"

His atheism had been a badge of honor until now.

Tears streamed uncontrollably now. He began to tremble.

"Heaven buddy."

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Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
missel
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Mamma’s Lily

Today, there was a burial near my husband’s grave. Cruel sickness took a young mother, just as it had my husband. The service had me weeping at his grave. His memory.

A girl, maybe five, came up and handed me a lily.

“Mamma would have wanted you to have it.”

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Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
roboggeek
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Cancer. Inoperable.

My Golden got cancer at age five. Mouth pain warranted a vet visit.

At work the call came: “Cancer. Inoperable,” he said. I broke down and stared outside.

Four weeks later, I sat with Murphy on my lap.

The vet cried as he gave the shot.

So did I.

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Nydro
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The Monster I Became

I hate you.

You didn't raise me.

You tolerated me.

We both grew older.

My heart grew colder, and I drew further from you.

Hoped I'd never see you again.

Then I got the call.

"You're mother's dying"

When their words stopped, I couldn't stop crying.

I love you.

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AJAY9979
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Third Wheel

They did notice when the sidewalk narrowed and I fell behind, or when I stopped to tie my shoe, or when I cut my losses and just went home.

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Write me something in less than 50 words that makes my heart break or my tears well up. Write the most gut wrenching thing you can think of. And don't forget to Tag me.
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Rbratton30
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My little girl

I held her in my arms for the first time, it took nine months. She let out her final breath, before she could open her eyes.

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gsng
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mother/murder

cradling -

allows no separation.

gotta hold you

to my breastplate

so our hearts can learn to beat the same.

we’re going to make the same mistakes-

i’ll hate who you become,

despise the reminder of self.

you should call me murder,

mother is for women who love their daughters.

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AnnFan14
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Trigger warning-an excerpt

…after he used me, he asked, “You don’t cum easy, huh?”

And just like that, I had the most horrifying feeling that this was going to be my life from now on:

Someone to be used and then told how much they sucked at being used.

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