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Words to the Waves

With regret and unspoken promises, she attempts to connect through the sea.

Today’s challenge is to create a story using the random word “cousin.” I am thinking of my cousin as I write this story. I have given up opportunities to connect with her, and then she passed away.

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‘Pleeeaaaaase, Stace, come with me.’

Stacey didn’t, and the ocean took Gertrude away.

Stacey now whispers what she would have spoken to her cousin into the sea; the waves carry her words.

Stacey’s gaze remained fixed on the horizon, hoping to glimpse the girl she loved but neglected.

The waves respond with a mournful chastise, filling her brain with a valid accusation.

You never joined Gertrude — not once. Why come now? Yuh late.

“I want to keep the promise I had never made,” Stacey shouts back.

Hearing Stacey’s lament, the tourists quickly widen the arc around her and move away.

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Thanks for the prompt Grim Flandango.

Hope Through Struggles is right, I think:

“Life rarely unfolds exactly as we anticipate.”

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