Glass Waltz (A Short Story)
6 parts Ongoing MatureOnce a happy dancer under the open sky, she suddenly found herself surrounded by a glass globe. Undeterred, she made it her world, bringing resilience and optimism. But gradually, they took away her strength, and the once-vibrant dancer became a lifeless twirler within the glass.
Now, she spins without purpose whenever the globe is shaken-a tale of stolen joy. Delve into Ariel's story to understand the toll of giving without seeking in return.
Excerpt:
"𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚," 𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒎𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆.
𝑭𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 "𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆," 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑨𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆.
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒛𝒆𝒏.