LJIdol 10: Topic 2: That One Friend

Dec 04, 2016 10:11


That summer was electric, a perfect violent storm of youth. We'd been emboldened to live life out loud, challenged to see things differently than the generation before us. We were often without a path but never without the vigor to travel. We were seekers and charlatans, jokers and adventurers, compelled to change a world we knew nothing about.

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bleodswean December 4 2016, 17:09:54 UTC
The first section is so vibrantly alive! You really captured that boundless sense of life!

In the second half you brought sobriety to the realizations age brings.

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lilmissmagic71 December 6 2016, 02:39:50 UTC
Thanks so much for your comments!

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tsuki_no_bara December 4 2016, 21:15:46 UTC
this is so evocative and so sad, and i really love how the sections mirror each other.

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lilmissmagic71 December 6 2016, 02:40:14 UTC
I was hoping the device would work... thank you for reading and commenting!

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adoptedwriter December 4 2016, 22:27:43 UTC
Like a full-circle thing! So well and beautifully expressed.

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lilmissmagic71 December 6 2016, 02:42:10 UTC
:) I'm a completionist from way back... :) Thanks so much for reading!

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marlawentmad December 4 2016, 22:33:20 UTC

This is heavy melancholy; incredibly well done. I adore the symmetry.

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lilmissmagic71 December 6 2016, 02:42:25 UTC
Thanks so much!

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dmousey December 4 2016, 23:29:02 UTC
Beautiful prose. What loss you must've suffered to capture this so well. Hugs and peace~~~D

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lilmissmagic71 December 6 2016, 02:42:58 UTC
Thank you so much for your kind comment... :)

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