Life at twenty two
Is something I never thought I'd experience
I never planned to live this long
I wasn't prepared
But life has its twisted ways
Of showing me I'm meant to live
I wasn't meant to die
When I desperately tried to
I just wish it was easier
To breathe
To live
To exist inside my own mind
I wish I could remember
What it feels like to be okay
What it feels like to smile
What it feels like to be happy
I wish the noise in my head would quiet
And my soul would be at peace
I want to be free of the sorrows that bind me
And tell me I'll never make it out alive
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Brittany Schroeder
I love writing! Writing has helped me through some difficult times in my life, and I'm excited to share my work!
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B. A. Durham’s False Memories blends dream and reality in a seamless mix. As his father, afflicted by Alzheimer’s, fades away, the narrator is haunted by a dream that may be a memory, returning to him insistently. The piece is full of wonderful detail (the father touching his lip where once there was a mustache, “but now he is clean-shaven—he has been for years” — and moving in revealing the complexities of a family’s life. A worthy winner which shows the power of dreams to influence us.
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