As far as we get jumping.A Story by FMROne-paragraph short story. Please review, say if you like anything, be critical, be respectful.She faced an indescribable anguish while she
contemplated the pitch black hole, deciding whether to jump or not. She, such a
“pretty little girl”, as mother says, ashamed all over, for her cowardice; it
wasn’t like jumping would be a definite solution to her troubles, and that kept
her at bay, unresolved. Why was the sky so blue, now? She looked around: the
grass was wet, and shiny with blinding summer sunshine; the air was clear, and
she could feel the breeze over her face, its cold touch kissing her eyelids,
now closed. She was thinking. Mother, mother, your pink and blue garments in
this sun covered morning. So dry, and soft; what a smell you have that I can just
remember it anytime, any day, cold or warm, humid or baking the asphalt of the
street. Why jump, really? Was it the pang of feeling always down, down below as
at the bottom of that pitch black hole, so trodden by the sore glances of the
others? Them, all too happy, all to merry and laughable and talkative and
brilliant as the dew reflected light in this very, very bright day; all too
excluding, and harsh, and cold, and inscrutably dark and pushy. Why am I not a
part of their game? Why have I never been, though? I was able to hide it for
some time now, but I am on the very edge--literally. Sure, I have had a couple
friends. They have been nice and caring. They have come to me when I had been
crying. But are they any use now, when I am alone, when they--as good as they
are, surely they would be busy, for they have more friends-- are not here? I all
too frequently forget: peoples’ names, peoples’ faces and hair color and the
way they walk and how they speak; but I have noticed others pay so much attention
to that, to these little things. People are a bunch of liars, really. I may be
a liar too, but I am able to tell I am one, others just like to believe their
making ups. Once, I think it was during a dream --I confuse dreams and real
life-- I went with my best friend, down under one of these…pitch black holes. Of
a different sort, they are, but still sort of the same concept. Large dark deep
unexpected things. We had lots of fun, rolling around and laughing, although
she liked to lick my face, and I just don’t like that. I don’t usually like
saliva, it has a funny smell. Funny funny funny; my thoughts are really running
through, as they never have. I wonder if they have got any value…I always think
I am thinking nice, smart things; but once, my English teacher said we always
think we think dashingly, and we do not, and we go on repeating the same lame,
lazy ideas all over, to tell ourselves a story, and feel who we are. And also
that we are always making and creating a
lot of meaning"that’s what she said: making and creating" out of small, tiny
details in things, but I did not understand that. I guess I am just being sad,
though, I’ll go jump into this trampoline; as a matter of fact I have always liked jumping in them, and seeing how the
pitch black fabric stretches, and makes you bounce back. (There comes mommy) © 2014 FMRAuthor's Note
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1 Review Added on June 22, 2014 Last Updated on June 23, 2014 Tags: short story, jump, girl AuthorFMRMexicoAboutI am a non-native English speaker interested in practising and discovering the language by writting. Also to get others read my low-quality texts about anything, for the win; and hopefully to read.. more..Writing
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