Heather Scott

Joined February 2021

62 stories

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Writing, to keep my sanity and make some sense of the world, while keeping watch over my five children as a single parent.

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Dodging
He leaned in, lips out. She smiled awkwardly and turned - feigning ignorance.
By Heather Scott4 days ago in Poets
The silence of solitude
The silence of solitude is good. But too much silence lets depression slide in. Waiting for a sign, for a feeling to resume,
By Heather Scott7 days ago in Poets
Hey, God
“Dear God, Spirit, Protector, Infinite Mind, Source, I am really in need of a friend." "In need? You really need?" "Yes... I see your point. You want me to be self-sufficient, strong internally, able to withstand anything. But I am saying: I miss having a friend, someone to rely on, someone to play with."
By Heather Scott15 days ago in Humans
How to Avoid Heartbreak
Do NOT enter into a relationship. They always end – either by death or breakup. Breakup reasons may include: heartbreak, infidelity, wandering gaze, addiction, etc..
By Heather Scott28 days ago in Poets
First Encounters
"You look different than your profile pic." "How so?" "I don't know... a little younger... or wiser." "Haha, you're trying to flatter me!"
By Heather Scott2 months ago in Fiction
How to Quell a Broken Heart
Step 1: try to forget Step 2: get more sleep Step 3: close the blinds Step 4: turn on the tv Repeat. If Steps 1 through 4 don’t work, please proceed to step 5.
By Heather Scott2 months ago in Fiction
The Unseen
He placed a ring on her finger. “I won't be ordained, for four more years. You'll wait for me?” “I’m in love!" she reassured him. "What else can I do?!”
By Heather Scott4 months ago in Fiction
Dark
Shadowy figures cross - lights flashing, branches breaking... breathing, from behind.
By Heather Scott4 months ago in Poets
phone connection
Light of my phone - reaching, grasping lighting the shadows around me enough to make out features. I am still alive on this earth -
By Heather Scott4 months ago in Poets
The Universe's block
You waited for this moment - but signs tell you to 'back off.' You are alone now.
By Heather Scott4 months ago in Poets
Ambush
guard steps from shadows pulling machine-gun's trigger bullets crack dark night
By Heather Scott5 months ago in Poets
Silence
Try again. I’m not used to failure. Try again. I’m not used to giving up. Try again – a different angle this time, a different stance, a different pose, a different promise…
By Heather Scott5 months ago in Poets

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Dodging

The silence of solitude

Hey, God

How to Avoid Heartbreak

First Encounters

How to Quell a Broken Heart

The Unseen

Dark

phone connection

The Universe's block

Ambush

Silence

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