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voiceinthewind
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What does it mean to experience heartbreak?
Write what heartbreak is to you in 1 sentence. Doesn’t matter how long said sentence is but stick to 1 nevertheless . Can write in poetry or prose whatever medium works for you!
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voiceinthewind in Stream of Consciousness
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Settling

Heartbreak is knowing you are never anybody’s first choice! ! ! ! ! ! !

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What does Love really Mean
write the raw truth about what love means and how love really is, compared to what we see in movies. have fun with it. but really try to dig deep comparing you real experiences to what media portrays
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voiceinthewind in Nonfiction
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I WOULD WALK A MILE

I would walk a mile

step inside your shoes

So I could know what's going on

I would walk a mile

Step inside your shoes

So I could figure out what's wrong

I want to understand your struggles

and what your going through

So you know you're not alone

and that I am here with you

I know it might seem hopeless

You're shaken to the core

But I'll be here to show you

just what friends are for

I would walk a mile

Step inside your shoes

Is there's anything that I can do

I would walk a mile

Step inside your shoes

To try to see the world the way you do

I want to understand your struggles

and what your going through

So you know you're not alone

and that I am here with you

I know it might seem hopeless

You're shaken to the core

But I'll be here to show you

just what friends are for

Everybody needs somebody else

To make the load a little lighter

Everybody needs to lend a helping hand

to make the world a little brighter

I want to understand your struggles

and what your going through

So you know you're not alone

and that I am here with you

I know it might seem hopeless

You're shaken to the core

But I'll be here to show you

just what friends are for

I would walk a mile

Step inside your shoes

Is there's anything that I can do

I would walk a mile

Step inside your shoes

To try to see the world the way you do

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Challenge
"Misery" loves company, so write something featuring a pig.
Fiction or non fiction, poetry or prose. morbid or jovial, racey or clean. Write anything featuring a swine of some description. Any breed of domestic pig will be acceptable, anything from Berkshire to Duroc. even teacup varieties. warthogs are a stretch, but if you must you must.
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voiceinthewind
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Little Piggies

See the little piggies

in their piggy world

if you would think about it

it would be absurd

spending all the day

wallowing in mud

as if they could fall in love

see all the little piggies

with there piggy friends

living life just like

the party never ends

they never wish upon

the stars that are above

that they could fall in love

do you feel sorry for the little piggies

and what they have to do

and when there lives are finally over

will it mean as much as you

see all the little piggies

live their piggy lives

Never have a piggy care

never hear a piggy cries

there’s just no way to comprehend

When pushing comes to shove

if piggies fall in love

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voiceinthewind in Poetry & Free Verse
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Once upon a Time

Once upon a time

You were in my heart

Up until the time

You tore it all apart

and left me with my tears

trying to understand

Why you are not here

holding on, holding to my hand

Once upon a time

I was filled with joy

I could not believe

You let me be your toy

Then you just got bored

as people tend to do

You threw away your toy

That's what I was, what I was to you

Once upon a time

I could show my face

Now everywhere I go

I feel like a disgrace

People stop and stare

They tell me I'm a fool

I'd do it all again

If I could be, If I could be with you

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Mandela Effect
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voiceinthewind
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Fruit Loops?

The Mandela Effect is when something is misremembered by a whole bunch of people. The reason it is called the Mandela Effect is because the first notice of it was when a whole lot of people remember that Mandela died in prison. They recall vivid details about the event, when it happened, how world leaders reacted to the news. The only problem was that Mandela did not die in prison. He was released from prison and eventually became the president of South Africa. However, people will swear that they remember him dying in prison.

Since then a lot of other things have been misremembered. Like whether the candy bar Kit-Kat has a hyphen in it's name or not. Whether a character in the James Bond file Moonraker is wearing braces or if the continent of Australia is just too darn far North.

Now, there are people that firmly believe that when the changes occur it's because people are accidentally stumbling into a different dimension where things played out a little differently than the one they remember. Other people believe it's a mass hypnosis experiment conducted by the government (surly the government would conduct experiments on it's own people!!!) However, the simplest explanation is probably the best and that is that people's memory is just faulty.

Having said all that I did experience one minor Mandela Effect that still kind of trips me out if I think about it. When I first heard of the Mandela Effect there were people who claimed that the name of the Kellog's cereal "FRUIT LOOPS" was spelled "FROOT LOOPS". Then I thought "Hey, I remember fruit loops being spelled FROOT LOOPS too". So I looked it up on the internet but the internet said it was spelled "FRUIT LOOPS" and had always been "FRUIT LOOPS".

I checked the cereal ilse of my local grocery store and verified that "FRUIT LOOPS" was indeed spelled "FRUIT LOOPS" on the cereal box. I was perfectly willing to admit that my memory was faulty, although I was sure that it wasn't.

I forgot about it and about 8 months pass. I had completely forgotten about the Madela effect and one day it came back into my memory. So I thought I would check to see if "FRUIT LOOPS" was still spelled the same and it wasn't!!!!!! It went back to being spelled "FROOT LOOPS"!!! I checked the cereal isle and it indeed had changed back.

Now if you check the internet you will find that "froot loops" was indeed spelled "fruit loops" but the name was changed to "froot loops" in 1963. That was well before I was born. The name change of a cereal isn't a big deal but if I were conducting experiments on altering people perception of reality like that, I would do it on something that's not a big deal like the name of a cereal and see how many people freak out about it. Having said that the mind works in strange ways and sometimes a lot of people's minds work in the same strange way. That's probably what is going on.

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Challenge
Birthday Challenge
Tomorrow is my birthday, and I would love to read short stories about birthdays. It can be fiction or real life! 100-word challenge.
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voiceinthewind
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It’s my Birthday!

I was so excited. Sixteen years ago today was the most important day in the history of the world. Well, maybe not for everyone else but it was a pretty important day to me. To celebrate it I had to go to school. Yeah, I know that sucks and while no one would fault me for ditching school on my birthday I decided to go anyway. I'm not really the type to act outside the box.

Of course no one wishes me a happy birthday because no one knows but that's okay. I wake up early and make myself some bacon and eggs. Add a glass of orange juice and it's perfect. I have to make sure my birthday is perfect. It's not like any one else cares it's my birthday. I get through school without incident and after school I take myself bowling. I've been bowling for several years and there's nothing more thrilling than rolling a 16 pound ball down the lane and watching all 10 pins go down in one shot.

After bowling I go home and make myself a burger with sauteed onions and mushrooms. Sure, I have parents and a sister but they are no where to be found. I don't care though because I'm in heaven. After having a piece of ice cream cake with bits of Andy's Mints on it my birthday is complete. My birthday was perfect. I did not need to spend it with anyone. I did just what I wanted.

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Can men and women ever really be friends?
One of the age-old questions plaguing prudish philosophers and sleazy housewives alike; a predicament which has puzzled us for as long as we've had eyes to see and hearts to beat; can you be friends with a person of the opposite sex whom you're attracted to? Go about answering it any way you like. Fiction or non-fiction. Poetry or Prose. I might as well tell you before-hand; there is no correct answer, only joyful suffering. (But of course, I'm very probably wrong in that assumption. It's trendy to be wrong nowadays. Wrong is the new right don't you know.)
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voiceinthewind
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Torture

Sure, if you are both disciplined and into torturing yourself. However, it's easy to be friends with someone you are not attracted to.

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voiceinthewind in Fiction
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Canceled

Julie woke from a deep sleep. She leaped out of bed and greeted the morning with a smile. It's going to be another amazing day she thought to herself and why wouldn't it be. Everybody loved her. She was kind and thoughtful and popular. She was beyond reproach. Everywhere she went it felt like the world was giving her a big hug. She took the appropriate amount of time to adjust her appearance and then she was off to face the day but something felt off. She couldn't quite put her finger on it but what had happened was that the world missed giving her a hug to start the day.

On her way to school she noticed that there was something missing and then it hit her. At this point in the day she had usually received several texts from various people regarding various different things. She had always been "in the loop" so to speak but today was different. She checked her mobile device and learned that she had not received any texts at all. "That is so odd" she thought to herself. On a normal day she phone would be "blowing up" but today it's as dead as a door nail.

When she got to school it seemed like people were avoiding her. Even her best friend didn't have the time of day to give to her. "What is wrong with everyone?" she thought. Then the most worst-est most horrible thought ever hit her, What if she had been canceled? Being canceled is the worst-est possible thing that can happen to you. You are practically a non person at that point. She texted who she thought was her best friend. Usually when she texts her best friend she gets a response immediately but this time she didn't. In fact she got no response at all. It was at this time that the bell rang for class. She had to get moving.

When she got to her first class she noticed that someone was sitting in her desk. "Could I have my seat back please?" She politely asked the offending student. "I don't see your name on it." The student responded before laughing in Julie's face. "That was rude" thought Julie. She went up to the teacher. "Excuse me?" she said politely.

"What can I do for you?" The teacher asked matter of factually.

"That student is sitting in at my desk." Julie offered as an explanation.

"And you are?" The teacher followed up.

"Julie" Julie responded.

"You must be new. Just sit anywhere that's open." The teacher answered.

"I'm not new. I've been in the school district my entire life." Julie protested.

"I see. It looks like you're not feeling well." The teacher writes something on a peice of paper, "Here is a pass to go to the nurse." The teacher hands the piece of paper to Julie. Julie takes the piece of paper and heads to the nurses office. Julie had no idea what was going on. It's like the entire world had forgotten her existence.

She walked into the nurses office and sat down feeling dejected. The nurse noticed she was feeling blue and sat down next to her. "What's wrong?" the nurse asked in an extra sweet concerned sounding voice.

"I just feel like I've been canceled." Julie replied, "Nobody knows who I am. I don't even know who I am."

The nurse put her arm around Julie. "I get that a lot." The nurse responded, "But it's okay if you're not getting validation 24/7. It doesn't mean that you're any less important."

"Of course it does." Julie protested, "People only pay attention to you if you're important. If no one is paying attention to you that means your a nobody. You might as well not even exist."

"No one pays attention to me and I feel just fine." The nurse offered.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Julie answered.

"Look, I know it seems like it's the end of the world, but you're going to be fine." The nurse assured.

"What if no one ever remembers me?" Julie asked almost sobbing.

"Who are you anyway?" The nurse asks.

"Julie" Julie says slow and evenly.

"I've never heard of you." The nurse answers disturbed.

"I know, that's my problem." Julie confirms.

"Well," the nurse finally says, "You just rest for awhile and we'll get to the bottom of it. okay?"

"Okay" Julie says and she lays down to rest.

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voiceinthewind in Poetry & Free Verse
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Longing for You

I have longed for you a thousand nights

How could fate have cursed me so

To look at you from such a distance

But to never get any closer

If only I could touch your skin

If only I could bite your neck

and lick the blood that slowly drips down your back

I would make for you a bed of roses even though I'm allergic to them

and we would lie down our bodies entwined in lustful flesh

My inncessent sneezing covering you in disguting bodily fluid

I would bury my head in your breast in a vain attempt to clear the air passages of my nose

blowing out and wiping it on your tender skin

You would pull me closer depriving me of air until I pass out

You would run your fingers through my head and I lay there convulsing

sympathetic you would leave me there to suffer while you take a shower to wash all the mucus off your body.

When I wake up I text you to make sure you are alright but I get no response.

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voiceinthewind
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She Loves Me Not

She Loves Me ....

She Loves Me not ...

She Loves Me ....

She Loves Me not ...

She Loves Me ....

She Loves Me not ...

She Loves Me ....

She Loves Me not ...

Dang .... I was so close.

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