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Pain
By bloodange77
23 March 2006
Love sucks, who am I to disagree. The world practically revovles around it though. The world sucks though too so hey it's all right. I mean I had fallen in love with someone and then he went off and got some girl pregnant. Oh what tale. But now I'm crying on the inside wishing that I was dead. So I thought I'd write a story now about it online here while I'm at school.


    The wind howled in my face as though there were no tomarrow. My concience just kept nagging at me as though I had some terrible secret that I hadn't told it. In my head I just kept saying who knew love could hurt so much. But that wasn't the half of it my heart just kept pounding. It was all my fault for liking him. Men weren't to be trusted everyone in my village knew that. So why did I fall under his spell I knew no man was to be trusted.
    Life had not ended yet I kept running toward the end of it as though it were the only thing left to do with myself. I knew it wasn't the answer. I knew that life couldn't end the way I wanted it to, the way everyone would miss me yet hate me taking it this way. No, for the life of me, I couldn't. . . no that would be the wrong word, I shouldn't do it. It would break alot of people. My mother would be heartbroken.
    My heart was breaking up as I ran to the cliff. These are the last minutes of my life and I would wish to be with him but that is an impossiblity. He doesn't want to be with me though and he is engaged with another. This world is way to cruel to me for my own good. It's like I'm fighting a war in my mind.
    Do it, don't do it, do it, don't do it. A constant thought reigning through my head. And the knowing that he doesn't love me doesn't help me much. How could he do that to me? How could he just act like such an ass as that? I mean, I beleived that I loved him. I thought he loved me too. But no, no that's not what was happening. I hope he thinks that this is all his fault. 
    Just to be snide I hope their baby dies. I hope it dies at birth so that they can feel as much pain as I do. He took all my happiness from me and left me with nothing. Running from it all just seemed to be the only solution to the inevitable. The only way out of the pain. I shall no longer love anyone. No one can turn off the pain in my heart. The pain in my mind. If it wasn't love why does it have hurt so much? The way it happens to the best of us yet the rest still get the hurt too. 
    It is the third time though too so that should have prepared me for something like this. If it was just puppy love then why does it have to hurt so much? Does all love hurt this way? Oh what cruel injust world. Why me? The way we all fall once upon time. 
    I neared the cliff knowing that this climax, this height, wasn't good enough. This was not my time to die but on the inside I was already dead. If I wasn't dead then I was dying. If I wasn't dying then I was dead. The heart brake was surely not enough to kill me but the falling feeling that I am getting will be enough to kill a woman. The trueth hasn't hit me yet. 
    The full blown trueth will kill me and it is all his fault. He did this to me, he led me on to believe he loved me but that is not the way I have to think if I'm to do this. If I am to jump off this cliff that lies before me then I have to think it is all my fault. The way he kissed me last time it felt as though we were meant to be together. But that is only in my mind. He can't just be like that to me but he is and that will tear me appart. 
    I stopped running, I had reached the cliff. I looked over the edge. It was a long way down. But I had to jump, I couldn't live with this pain. A blistering cold swept over me and I knew if I didn't do it now that I never would. I took a deep breath and let myself just jump. Screaming was not an option for my lungs were too full of air to do just that. I heard a shout behind me and decided that life without him was very unthinkable.
    My thoughts were about to end and the ground was coming at me fast. At least the pain would be breif. My life would end soon. The world was the only thing I could see now not even his face was popping into my head. 
    With a thud I hit the ground. My thoughts are ending now but I hope you remember me and the way love feels. The actuality of puppy love and what it can do to a girl.
     Well. . .
                At. . .
                        Least. . .
                                    It. . .
                                           Doesn't. . .
                                                           Hurt. . .
                                                                      Anymore. . .

Reviews
pain kills, pain poisons, pain hurts, pa
Written by piperlawrence (16 comments posted) 23rd March 2006
Is this story truly based on true life? It's true, pain is something that kills us, emotional or physical. If it is true, as your note at the top indicates it might be, do not jump. How would you ever get the chance to get over the pain, all you'd remember was the pain if you did that.  
This story is really deep and meaningful, well written too, other than some typos. The thoughts running through the main characters head are portrayed exellently. But falling into the darkness, and the pain, can never bring us light and peace. Please continue this story, write an ending other than death, even if that's what the character wants. You've got a really good story there. Do not let it go.

Written by Ted_Iberrz (21 comments posted) 24th March 2006
Any story that begins with 'The wind howled ' gets my attention, but any expectation was short lived. The grammar and punctuation errors made it too uncomfortable to read. 
I skipped through a few paragraphs to the end where I find you dying - so how did you manage to write about it? 
 
TITLE - is it eye-catching, relevant to story? YES 
BEGINNING - Does it hook you, lead into the story, relevance. 'The wind howled in my face as though there were no tomarrow- what exactly does this mean? 
VOICE/VIEWPOINT - Does it come across well, show personality, is it right for the story, well handled? 
CHARACTERS & DIALOGUE - Do personalities show up; are they stereotypes; are they right for the story? 
USE OF ENGLISH/STYLE - Does it read well? Imaginitive use of language/imagery/layout, does it show 'sparkle'? NO 
Are there spelling errors/typos/jarring grammatical errors? 
YES 
 
etc 
etc 
 
I like the way you are trying to convey your emotion into the story, but it does not work. 
Re-read what you have written and if it feels uncomfortable to you it will read the same for others. 
 
By the way it's only my opinion - piperlawrence seemed to like it.

Written by Nance (86 comments posted) 26th March 2006
I like your style, I think you should develop it, indeed.

Written by B.D. (82 comments posted) 1st June 2006
"tomarrow" - tomorrow 
"heart brake" - heartbreak 
"trueth" - truth  
"breif" - brief 
(Just to help) That part about their baby dying was kinda...unexpected. After reading your introduction, I was expecting a story about some jerk and how he hurt you, etc and I got that but I wasn't expecting that! And I'm sorry about your experience with that guy but it's not worth losing you life over!! Then you'd never get to meet the right guy. Besides, if he got a girl pregnant, then all he was interested in was sex, most likely. There will be bad boyfriends but you learn from it. Like that one dude who made the lightbulb that, when asked about the failed experiments said, "I just learned 2,000 ways not to make a lightbulb." Get what I'm saying?? Good luck with love and keep writing!! :)

Written by jsyingling (31 comments posted) 5th July 2006
A good start to getting emotions out. A lot of writers would suggest to not write when yoiu are angry, but to instead work when you are calm. This looks like something that was written when heated. 
 
This story could be knocked down to a paragraph. Think about what you want the audience to think. The baby dying is way unexpected. like BD said. Thinka bout whether you want the character to sound cheated, compromised, whiny, cruel, victimized, pathetic, strong. 
 
Suicide is a tough thing to write about; whether it is from strength or suicide. That is what makes Chopin's novella "The Awakening" so compelling. 
 
Good luck.

Written by austheke (35 comments posted) 5th May 2007
hmhm. well. 
 
the baby dying seems... just... unreasonable.  
 
to be honest, the only bit i like is the last paragraph. to be precise, i like the very end. "well at least it doesn't hurt anymore".  
 
punctuation, grammar, and spelling mistake made it hard to follow. i got kind of lost.  
 
it seems a little overdone just over one guy. don't you think?

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