**OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST LONG LIST ENTRANT** Passion can be your distraction, Success can be your fall, But to have neither is to be broken, It's better not to love at all. -:-:-:- My name is Jane. I have only one goal: To succeed. And yet as I watched my world burn, I didn't fetch the water; I fueled it further. It caused me pain, But I created it; So I stood by it. Little did I know, I had to accept the truth; that I had failed. -:-:-:- "... This is hell, but I planned it, I sawed it, I nailed it, and I will live in it until it kills me." - ALAN DUGAN "Love Song: I and Thou" -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- RANKINGS #49 - ONC #30 - failure TRIGGER WARNINGS Mentions of abuse Suicide attempt Depressing thoughts
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