Lucy D

Joined April 2021

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In Pursuit of Power
I turned in my bed to check my watch. It was one in the morning, and I needed to leave. Silently, I arose and slung my bag over my shoulder. Passing my parents on my way towards the door, I saw their faces and limbs glistening with settled heat. That was the mild kind: upstairs, where I slept, the heat resided in a dense smog, smothering me in my sleep. I tried to shake it, but it clung and festered, even as I stepped outside. It was one of the many woes of the city, I supposed. I mounted my bike, then I was gone.
By Lucy D5 years ago in Fiction
When Staying the Course is Ill-Advised
About once a year, when the brisk air first sinks to eye level, and the Canadian geese flee the impending cold, I get the urgent desire to run. Donning my running gear, which I keep for this one occasion, I usually jog half a mile before I begin to feel the burden of my body in my knees, so I then run in two minute intervals, walking five minutes in between them. This way, I can satisfy my annual running quota without needing to spend several weeks in recovery.
By Lucy D5 years ago in Confessions
To Dream a Touch and Touch a Dream
She was piercing like a winter wind, patient like a summer night. When I met her, I told her that we simply had to meet again. She cast her face towards the sky, her eyes alight with cheer.
By Lucy D5 years ago in Confessions