Maria Maitland
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I'll Tell You A Story -Music
As she walked through the mall, observing everyone going in and out of the stores, she felt lonelier than she would have at home. Everyone, from her point of view, had someone - but her. She remembered the flute on her back; having just teach a lesson in a rented room at the mall, her students scattered, but she remained, seeking for a sense of companionship.
By Maria Maitland2 years ago in Writers
The Secret of the Heart
“Can’t believe my baby turns twenty today” Kaliope said to herself as she pulls out a heart shaped locket from her jewelry box. “Aunt Maggie would be so proud of her”. Kaliope stared at the locket while remembering the day her aunt Maggie first wore the locket. It was Maggie’s wedding day. Kaliope, still only a child, was part of the wedding. That was the last time Kaliope heard a prayer, a sermon… anything religious, for that matter. A few months after Maggie’s wedding the government set to eradicate all religions, as the government accuse believers of treason and interfering with social progress and international conflict. The government allowed anyone who disagreed with religion to imprison believers, and under certain circumstances even murder them. Without religious influence, the government became brutal and cruel in their treatment to other nations. Eventually those other nations adopted the same anti-religion approach to caught up with their brutal defense. The heartlessness of those that despised religion resulted in millions of deaths and destruction. The past forty years had not replaced what the world lost. Freedom of religion, privacy, safety.
By Maria Maitland5 years ago in Fiction
