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Holding Back Daylight

06/02/201827/02/2019 ShelleyCreative Writing
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It’s is so dark in here. I cannot see a thing. That shadow…that ever-repressing shadow hovers over me making sure I cannot break free. Chained to him forever. That’s what he’d like me to believe.

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Lost and Found

23/06/201720/07/2017 ShelleyCreative Writing
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Sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss I try fighting my way out to no avail.  I hear vague, urgent voices in the background.  I feel cold.  My body aches.  And then…I remember…

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Just. One. More. Time.

16/06/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

Just one more time I am asking you…What were you thinking? What is wrong with you? What did I do?

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Recipe for Disaster

29/04/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

She left him lying there in the kitchen in a crimson pool not knowing if he was dead or alive. She was not going to wait to find out.

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Possession

28/04/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

She walked down the stairs. Quietly. He saw her though. She wasn’t quiet enough. He stood there staring at her. She looked around. There was no escape. She’d have to face him. No way no how he was letting her go.

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Ja Baas

17/03/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

“Wie’s jou baas? Who’s your daddy?”

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Danny Boy

14/03/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

You think the worst of everything and everyone.  Who did what to you to cause you to be this way?

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Dis Nag Vir Jou

25/02/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Afrikaans, Creative Writing

“As ek jou gaan vang…dan gaan djy mang”.

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Smackdown!

05/11/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Afrikaans, Creative Writing

This week’s tandem title is “Smackdown!” I am a Capetonian. This is a conversation I hear many-a-time. It is a reality not just for Cape Town…but globally. It takes one person to make a difference. Nothing is impossible. It’s time for a change. The change starts with us.

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What’s Cooking

20/08/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Creative Writing

She decided today is the day.  She had to know.  She would just come right out and ask him.  As he walked by she stopped him.  “So…I’ve been wondering… What is it you’re really into?  I’ve been watching you walk […]

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