the bell
I wish that life would give me a good solid chime when something is over. When dinner is completed we get a bell so we know it is time to eat and playing is now done. When classes are finished, the bell echoes throughout the hallways.
Where is my fucking bell? Where is my notice?
I have taken long looks in the mirror lately. Is what I see authentic? Are those crevasses getting larger?
The once-taut skin now drags my eyelids lower and transforms my formerly twinkling eyes to a whisper of their earlier glory.
I never take a step back when I am looking in the mirror, for as much as I detest the changes in my face, my body has fallen into even more disrepair.
Sure, I have had periods of fine eating and a flurry of activity. But when my body cannot come close to its former self, I inevitably give up. I relax in the deep comfort of freshly baked bread and melted butter.
I have kept all my former pictures. The proof of my wild youth and zest for life. Perhaps I should just burn them. Maybe if I wasn’t ever that girl then I would be okay now.
Old age hits when you no longer look forward. I vowed to never be that way. I would travel and be active and be somebody. Old age would never hit me; I would stab it in the back before it got too near.
But the pain came.
Everything changed.
My bell should have rang long ago.
Note: This idea was born by putting the prompt through bad translator 35 times.
Here is the progression:
A terrible beauty has been born
Bell
From English: A terrible beauty has been born
To Bulgarian: Ужасна красота е роден
Back to English: A terrible beauty is born
To Catalan: Neix una terrible bellesa
Back to English: A terrible beauty
To Chinese Simplified: 可怕的美丽
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Chinese Traditional: 可怕的美麗
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Czech: Scary krásné
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Danish: Skræmmende smukke
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Dutch: Schrikachtig mooie
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Estonian: Scary ilus
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Finnish: Scary kaunis
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To French: Terrible belle
Back to English: Terrible belle
To German: Schreckliche belle
Back to English: Terrible belle
To Greek: Τρομερό Μπελ
Back to English: Awesome Bell
To Haitian Creole: Bell fantastik
Back to English: Bell awesome
To Hebrew: בל מדהים
Back to English: Belle is amazing.
To Hungarian: Belle csodálatos.
Back to English: Belle is amazing.
To Indonesian: Belle sangat menakjubkan.
Back to English: Belle is fabulous.
To Italian: Belle è favolosa.
Back to English: Belle is fabulous.
To Japanese: ベルは素晴らしいです。
Back to English: Bell is great.
To Korean: 벨은 대단하다.
Back to English: Bell is great.
To Latvian: Bell ir liels.
Back to English: Bella is great.
To Lithuanian: Bell yra puikus.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Norwegian: Bell er utmerket.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Polish: Dzwon jest doskonała.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Portuguese: Bell é excelente.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Romanian: Clopotul este excelent.
Back to English: The Bell is excellent.
To Russian: Белл отлично.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Slovak: Bell je vynikajúci.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Slovenian: Bell je odlična.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Spanish: Bell es excelente.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Swedish: Bell är utmärkt.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Thai: ระฆังแห่ง
Back to English: Bell's
To Turkish: Bell'in
Back to English: Bell
To Ukranian: Белл
Back to English: Bell
To Vietnamese: Bell
Back to English: Bell
Where is my fucking bell? Where is my notice?
I have taken long looks in the mirror lately. Is what I see authentic? Are those crevasses getting larger?
The once-taut skin now drags my eyelids lower and transforms my formerly twinkling eyes to a whisper of their earlier glory.
I never take a step back when I am looking in the mirror, for as much as I detest the changes in my face, my body has fallen into even more disrepair.
Sure, I have had periods of fine eating and a flurry of activity. But when my body cannot come close to its former self, I inevitably give up. I relax in the deep comfort of freshly baked bread and melted butter.
I have kept all my former pictures. The proof of my wild youth and zest for life. Perhaps I should just burn them. Maybe if I wasn’t ever that girl then I would be okay now.
Old age hits when you no longer look forward. I vowed to never be that way. I would travel and be active and be somebody. Old age would never hit me; I would stab it in the back before it got too near.
But the pain came.
Everything changed.
My bell should have rang long ago.
Note: This idea was born by putting the prompt through bad translator 35 times.
Here is the progression:
A terrible beauty has been born
Bell
From English: A terrible beauty has been born
To Bulgarian: Ужасна красота е роден
Back to English: A terrible beauty is born
To Catalan: Neix una terrible bellesa
Back to English: A terrible beauty
To Chinese Simplified: 可怕的美丽
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Chinese Traditional: 可怕的美麗
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Czech: Scary krásné
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Danish: Skræmmende smukke
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Dutch: Schrikachtig mooie
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Estonian: Scary ilus
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To Finnish: Scary kaunis
Back to English: Scary beautiful
To French: Terrible belle
Back to English: Terrible belle
To German: Schreckliche belle
Back to English: Terrible belle
To Greek: Τρομερό Μπελ
Back to English: Awesome Bell
To Haitian Creole: Bell fantastik
Back to English: Bell awesome
To Hebrew: בל מדהים
Back to English: Belle is amazing.
To Hungarian: Belle csodálatos.
Back to English: Belle is amazing.
To Indonesian: Belle sangat menakjubkan.
Back to English: Belle is fabulous.
To Italian: Belle è favolosa.
Back to English: Belle is fabulous.
To Japanese: ベルは素晴らしいです。
Back to English: Bell is great.
To Korean: 벨은 대단하다.
Back to English: Bell is great.
To Latvian: Bell ir liels.
Back to English: Bella is great.
To Lithuanian: Bell yra puikus.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Norwegian: Bell er utmerket.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Polish: Dzwon jest doskonała.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Portuguese: Bell é excelente.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Romanian: Clopotul este excelent.
Back to English: The Bell is excellent.
To Russian: Белл отлично.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Slovak: Bell je vynikajúci.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Slovenian: Bell je odlična.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Spanish: Bell es excelente.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Swedish: Bell är utmärkt.
Back to English: Bell is excellent.
To Thai: ระฆังแห่ง
Back to English: Bell's
To Turkish: Bell'in
Back to English: Bell
To Ukranian: Белл
Back to English: Bell
To Vietnamese: Bell
Back to English: Bell