dreams

  • Thread

    I thought I laid all of this to rest the sound of absolution rung inside of my head. I breathed in a defeated breath and walked away from a life that had been long since dead Yet here you are in my dreams haunting my memories I try and push them back into their place…

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  • Sleep Deprived

    Sleep Deprived

    Set your story before dawn or after midnight. Your character is awake for a specific reason. Posted in Short Story on Aug 8, 2025 https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/geneva-rioz/ I can hear the birds chirping quietly outside even though the sun has not deigned to rise. Here I lay waiting. Waiting for what? I’m not quite sure. My mind seems to…

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  • Turn back time

    Take me back, oh please, to the time when I knew what it felt like to be me. I’ve changed and I’ve grown. Lassoed and towed onto this new grove of awakening with new stories untold. I don’t know if I can find my way back from here. But maybe that was the point? Maybe…

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  • Imagine a world…

    Sometimes I disappear although it’s as if I’m still here my eyes are lost looking at the images inside my head Sitting in the creations I made the maladaptive dreaming taking over my inner and outer self slowly lowering my resolve and gaining my consent I am sitting quietly listening to the birds but my…

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  • Imagine

    I keep seeing a post saying “Imagine making pancakes at 2 am with the love of your life.” But what if you were hosting the carne asada? To me that is love. That is home. That resonates so much more. With Love, GV Rioz

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  • Hope

    Can I hold your hand when I say this? You are worth so much more than they ever showed you YOU are worthy of a love that brings happiness to your eyes, heart, and mind. Beauty surrounds you in all that you do. Just know if no one else has said this to you You…

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  • Through the Looking Glass

    The universe plays a cruel, cruel game. It brings you back to paths you thought you had walked away from Turns you in a circle when you were so carefully marking your way forward Have I passed this tree before? I don’t think so And yet suddenly there you stand before me The same and…

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  • Haunted Memories

    It’s so hard to let go of all of the years I wanted to be with you. And yet as I pull back each layer I see the truth for what it really is. You never wanted me. I was just here. Always here. And now I never will be again. Goodbye my unfaithful friend.…

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  • Us Against the Storm

    Us Against the Storm

    Will she choose love or freedom in a world where you may not be offered both?

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