i watched her from across the road as i walked up to the school.
her hair was braided down her back, legs long and lanky but somehow graceful.
i realised then that she towered over me in height
but her gentle manner distracted me from it.
i continued walking on my own shorter legs, more muscular than thin and nowhere graceful.
i'd never particularly liked myself but never disliked myself either.
my body was just there -
short black hair and dark eyes
firm face and small mouth.
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my body was just a tool for when i needed to run
to run out all of the pain inside.
i suppose i'd always just been there.
existing but never really living.
i entered the school gates and bumped into Midori, lost in thought.
she laughed and walked with me to the building.
i wondered if Midori was existing or living.
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Through Viridian Seas
Short Story❝ the world has taken away who i really am. who i want to be. ❞ in which loneliness is washed away by a sea of blue-green beauty. ❄girlxgirl❄a cellphone novel❄complete❄ #152 in short story | 28/7/17 © 2017 salmonskinroll written 21/5 to 27/7/17
