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withlove-jo · 4 months
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2024
To a new year of writing... Happy 2024!
This year will be different. At least, that is what I tell myself. It’s an overused, exhausted phrase that I have repeated each year to somehow make myself believe that this will be my year of writing, my year of stringing words together on a page and sharing them with you. And every year, it falls away quickly into nothingness. I’m left with half-finished drafts, incomplete inktober prompts,…
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withlove-jo · 5 months
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Day 22: Scratchy - inktober 2023
Title: Sick Day Her throat is scratchy, making her voice hoarse and sending her brain signals to cough up her lungs. She’d dragged herself from bed in the morning with all of the intentions to go about her day, but her body had other plans. Sighing, she abandons trying to pick out clothes and falls back into bed, hoping against hope that sleep will overtake her before the encroaching headache…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 21: Chains - inktober 2023
Title: For the first time in her life, she feels like the person she is when interacting with the world is the same person she is internally. Her true self is finally free and loved for who she is. And for that, she is endlessly grateful. For years, she has always been careful to reveal who she was to others. Who she was on the inside always felt like she was living with chains on the doors of…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 20: Frost - inktober 2023
Title: When Jack Frost Comes to Visit On days when Jack Frost visits, Just before the first snow Or in the deep cold of winter, The morning light shines muted Through my window, Refracted by the intricate pattern Formed in the thin layer of ice. The longing for a day of rest, To curl up in my pile of blankets, To hold a warm mug close, To daydream and read a good book, Aches deeply…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 19: Plump - inktober 2023
Title: Exquisite It starts with a kiss, Chaste and sweet, Which slowly turned Into something more. Breathing becomes A byproduct, Not wanting to separate For longer than needed. As hands trail Across skin And need takes over, Time stills, The world falls away, And there is nothing But you and me In steady pursuit Of desires pleasure. In the aftermath, As time resumes Once…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 17: Demon - inktober 2023
Title: The Angel’s Demon He opens his eyes, blinking against the light. Every small movement brings pain. He blinks and the room comes into focus. She’s beside him, her head bowed and hands clasped together, as if in prayer. The position looks unnatural for her, yet she looks comfortable. From his place on the bed, he continues to watch her, not wanting to break the spell of such a reverent…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 16: Angel - inktober 2023
Title: The Demon’s Angel She stares at him as he rests on the infirmary bed, dried blood still smeared on his cheek, staining his beard. She wants to touch him, to clean his face, but she’s afraid of incurring the healer’s wrath. Why he’d ever risk his life for her is something she can’t wrap her head around. She didn’t deserve his mercy, let alone his love. She’s the one who had gotten them…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 14: Castle - inktober 2023
Title: Castle Heart “A man’s house is his castle.” Perhaps, but I have found A person’s heart is Their true castle. From the high parapets To the deep dungeons, A man’s heart contains His treasures and his sorrows. Most of the rooms Display the beauty Of the owners life, His bright personality – His kindness and humour – While it’s high walls Guard secrets and traumas He wishes no…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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Day 13: Rise - inktober 2023
Title: Longing She watches as his chest rises and falls with every breath, her hand splayed over his heart. His heart beat is steadily slowing as he recovers from the high they’ve just shared. It’s peaceful in the quiet aftermath, but she still feels this longing for him that’s unsatisfied. She paces her breathing to the beat of his heart, inhaling for four beats, holding for seven, and…
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withlove-jo · 6 months
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 12: Spicey - inktober 2023
Title: This Won’t Be the Last Time They decide on an Indian restaurant. She’s half-Asian, but he loves Indian food. Somehow, it all makes sense. It’s not their first date. They’ve eaten all kinds of cuisine. He’s just sort of realized that Indian food isn’t really her thing, but that every once in a while she can be swayed to pick it for date night. Today, he succeeds and so they find this…
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 11: Wander - inktober 2023
Title: Prone To Wander Prone to wander. How this describes my heart. I have sought peace In the strangest of places. My feet have walked On unfamiliar soil. It has taken years To know my heart, To know my soul. Even longer to find my way. I feel it. I feel that itch, The one that develops Every so often with no relief. My heart starts to pound, My soul wavers in its…
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 10: Fortune - inktober 2023
Title: “Fortune favours the bold.” At least, that’s what they say. Maybe fortune favours the bold, But I have found a fortune That doesn’t slip through my fingers Like sand. I have found a fortune That has quenched my dying soul. Perhaps I found it through boldness, But I have never labelled myself as such. Fortune may favour the bold, But I found mine in surrender.
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 09: Bounce - inktober 2023
Title: He’s Not Much of a Dancer He’s watched her dance since they were first friends, before they started dating. He’s watched the graceful flow of her body as she bends and sways to the music, a work of art that moves in time. Her movements pulling up emotions he never knew he had. This performance is a significant moment for her and he wouldn’t miss it for the world. As the music flows and…
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 08: Toad - inktober 2023
Title: We Aren’t a Fairytale They’ve been throughout a lot as partners, but this, this is new. This can’t be happening, Luke thinks as he feels his body morph. The sensation is new and unpleasant, as though all his organs and atoms are being smashed together, closer than ever before. He briefly wonders if Astrid’s experience of fracturing is similar to this, but also different, since she’s…
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 07: Drip - inktober 2023
Title: Home Barista She’s not a coffee drinker and yet, she misses the smell of coffee, the sound of the espresso machine and the last few drips of dark liquid falling into the shot glass. It’s been over a year since she’s been a barista and she finds that she truly misses it. It had always been an unspoken dream of hers to work at the local cafe, making drinks, serving customers something to…
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withlove-jo · 7 months
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Day 06: Golden - inktober 2023
Title: Golden Promise Twenty-eight years of life. It makes her smile. This year was her golden birthday, born on the twenty-eighth day of the second month of the year. And what a year it has been. She’s been through so much, sacrificed more than she imagined to make it this far. Her life, though short, has been filled with such faith, love, and hope, more than she could have ever dreamed. All…
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