Creative Writing: Lake Awe

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Leaves danced in time with the wind across the grey main street of 'Lake Awe' as he walked down the middle of the road. The ghosts of children, women and men were the only life that walked these streets; he could hear their soft voices and whispers in the wind. Not even his long japara jacket could keep the wind from leaking into his spine as the lives of the people of 'Lake Awe' flowed through him. He shivered, and dipped his head into the scarf that surrounded his neck, to stop the memories of the town from corrupting and clouding his mind. A town like this has a story that only residents who used to walk down the once warm, life-filled streets would know; he was not sure that he wanted to know. He did not truly know what brought him to 'Lake Awe' as he looked around at the worn down limestone buildings. His gut feeling told him that there was something deep within the faded spirit of the town that its people wanted him to reveal. …show more content…

The swings swayed in the wind as he took a seat on a bench directly across from the metal monkey bars. The playground was in the same condition as the town- worn down and taken over by weeping willows and ivy vines. As he was looking around at the town, thoughts filled his mind- who or what had sucked the life out of 'Lake Awe'? Whoever it was or whatever had happened he was not in a mood to find out. His head had started throbbing since he had sat down at the park. Then, all of a sudden the wind picked up and the pain in his head became unbearable. He clenched his hands around his head and started violently throwing his body around in order to gain some relief; but it did not help. He felt a presence of someone right in front of him and heard them laughing. Eager to see who this voice belonged to he tried to open his eyes but struggled to from the pain. It was a young boys voice; as innocent as his use to be. It was calling out to him to follow

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