by Danielle_Stoneheart1,106 words, poem
Shadows of life. Everyone wants to belong somewhere.. A wanderer, finding alien beings, failed communication and a heartbreaking realization..
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Excerpt
I walked through the forest of despair on my way to mirror lake. The trees moaned and cried while the wind sang hollowed songs of aches. Here occupied the nameless ones. No ears to hear, no eyes to see, nor noses to smell or mouths to speak. I met one, wandering through a very transparent existence, even their very being was simply a hollow shell. It wasn't a man, not a woman. Just a... being, without hair or anything to distinguish from the others. I tried to take their hand, only to be shook..