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Challenge of the Month II
The Gift. Write the story of a gift, passed from one hand to another. Perhaps it is a heart-warming gesture of kindness and goodwill. Or perhaps it is something more foreboding, more sinister. Perhaps it is a simple, material object. Or perhaps it is something more amorphous, more esoteric. Whatever it is, it must be a gift. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
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My Final Gift

In darkening silence, I followed her footsteps,

impressed in a blanket of snow.

I called out her name and she paused in her flight,

before turning, her dark eyes aglow.

I knew that the pain she now felt was my doing;

each streak down her cheek broke my heart,

yet fate was against us; our young budding romance

was over before it could start.

My family curse had appeared with the full moon;

such hunger could not be denied.

Controlling the beast deep inside was unheard of—

men stronger than I had oft tried.

The hatred for me I saw bloom on her face,

though it hurt, was still better than death;

with eyes full of tears, I then turned, and I whispered

“I love you” soft, under my breath.

She’d go on without me. Though maybe unhappy,

at least I was sure she would live.

Some day I hoped she would find love in her future,

no greater a gift could I give.

© 2018 - dustygrein

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