story teller vol. 3: sorry

Posted on 2023-04-252023-05-07 by jacob.greb Posted in storyteller.3Tagged flash.fiction, insidemyhead, mental health, mental illness, stories, writing

SORRY

parents. inability to apologize. toxicity.

Too many feelings on the table. The blood spills with every cut and her fingers tremble with relief. Alice has proven her point. Her mother’s words cut the same as the knife cuts her skin. And Alice’s mother, Viv, stands in awe, unsure whether to smack the knife out of her daughter’s hand, yell at her, or remain still and say nothing. Because obviously, Viv is incapable to apologize. ‘Sorry,’ is not in her vocabulary.

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6 thoughts on “story teller vol. 3: sorry”

2023-04-14 at 4:28 PM Reply
edythasjourney says:

😢

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2023-04-14 at 8:13 PM Reply
Patti Moore Wilson, wednesdayschild2 says:

One of my favourite movie lines came from the Geoffrey Chaucer character in A Knight’s Tale: “I will eviscerate you in fiction.” I’ve written my own bloody tale but I didn’t have the courage to publish it, so good for you. And oh, I hope it helps…

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1. 2023-04-14 at 10:22 PM Reply
  jacob.greb says:
  
  Thank you. Yes. It helps.
  
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  1. 2023-04-14 at 10:54 PM
    Patti Moore Wilson, wednesdayschild2 says:
    
    💕💕💕
    
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2023-04-14 at 10:24 PM Reply
jacob.greb says:

I find that pouring my feelings/experiences as other characters is easier than to spill my tales. It’s easier to wear that mask.

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1. 2023-04-14 at 11:55 PM Reply
  Patti Moore Wilson, wednesdayschild2 says:
  
  Sometimes it helps to have something to hide behind…
  
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