Poignant Stories

Sam, 16, lives quietly, keeps to himself, and tries not to be noticed. But when an edited video clip, stripped of context, goes viral and paints him as something he is not, he becomes the centre of an online storm he does not understand and cannot escape. As lies spread faster than truth, outrage hardens into cruelty, and the consequences spill from screens into real life with devastating ramifications. This is a story about a gentle soul caught in the machinery of social media outrage, and the damage done when context is stripped away and a lie is allowed to speak as truth. Rated PG

A mother watches her daughter grow up trapped in a world she cannot fully feel. Born with a rare condition called Ignoralious, Cherry experiences life only in shades of numbness and hollow emotions-unable to see the warmth of joy, the sting of sorrow, or the subtle colors in between. While others laugh, cry, and love freely, she perceives the world through stark black and white, never through rose-colored lenses. Her mother grapples with guilt, helplessness, and the fear that no matter how much she loves her child, she may never bridge the gap between Cherry and the life everyone else can feel. Was she ever enough for the daughter she couldn't reach?

A poignant tale of romance, annihilation and memory in a post-apocalyptic world. --- Life was beautiful and had hope. But with the coming of a nuclear war the world could not remain the same. Except perhaps his love for Lorna that would not stop to beat... --- Photo by Josh Sorenson from Pexels Photo by Keegan Houser from Pexels Photo by Ron Lach from Pexels Photo by @pixabay from Pexels Photo by Haugenzhays Zhang from Pexels Photo by Julia Volk from Pexels Photo by Mo from Pexels Photo by Fernando Cabral from Pexels Photo by Nick Kwan from Pexels Cover design @Canva

"Some goodbyes are written in silence."

A lonely old man's need to replace the love of his life leads to a heartbreaking final act.

𝙄𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩, 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙪𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 "𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩" 𝙖𝙣𝙙 "𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧." 𝙄𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖, 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙄𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙. The Way Love Happened brings the story of unexpected love raw, real, and heartbreakingly beautiful. 𝙊𝙛 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡.

Like water, soil, and sun, can you nurture me? Nasrin "Rin" Rivers grows things for a living. She's a broke twenty-four-year-old gardener raising her sick younger brother in a cramped apartment overflowing with plants, the only thing in her life she can control. Not her addict mother, not her father's absence, and definitely not the stack of bills growing faster than her plants. So when she wakes up half naked and hungover in a mansion she could never afford to walk past, she knows she's hit a new low. What she doesn't expect is the owner: Emiliano Valderrama, a stunning and infuriating Colombian heir with a reputation for being untouchable...and a clear memory of the night she can't remember. She thinks their chaotic encounter is over-until the next morning, when she learns the mansion belongs to the same man behind the high-paying gardening job she just applied for. Their accidental collision spirals into a sharp, intoxicating push-and-pull as Rin discovers the world behind his gates is full of secrets, obsessions, and dangers that bloom like nightshade. Caught between survival, family loyalty, and a man who terrifies her almost as much as he draws her in, Rin must decide whether Emiliano is just another beautiful poison, or something worth risking everything for. Rin knows how to handle dangerous growth. She can prune it, shape it, survive it. But Emiliano Valderrama? He's something she's never learned to control. And in his world, nothing is planted by chance.

INTRO Let me share my thoughts. On sleepless and restless nights, my mind of chaos finds solace in introspection. On past, present and future, my thoughts make its way in my expression. On echoes and quite spaces, may you find the same consolation. Likes, Comments, Feedbacks and Reactions All are welcome. Enjoy!

In 2017, my father, Lakay Fred, passed away. He belonged to a generation of strong, silent men, and Dad was no exception. He didn't express his emotions much and seldom shared what was on his mind. However, he was a true wordsmith. Through his letters, he conveyed all the unspoken emotions, and his deep and passionate love for his family was palpable. A year after his passing, while going through his personal belongings, including his iPad, I discovered a treasure trove of letters that he had written. I hope that by sharing these letters, you too can catch a glimpse of the kind of person my father was and the immense love he had for his family.

She is breaking free from a bad relationship. He is determined to build a life in country-town Australia. Can they both find what they are looking for? Bec Williams moves in with her sister after leaving her controlling entrepreneur-boyfriend. She knows it won't be for long - just until she gets her career in photography on track. She doesn't want to give up her dreams for anything, or anyone, including the handsome High School English Teacher, Mr Anderson. Ryan Anderson thinks he has his life in order after a divorce. When he intervenes between Bec and her ex, things begin to heat up for Ryan, and he is forced to confront his romantic urges and his goals in life. As Bec's ambitions become clearer and Ryan questions his painful past, the two must decide whether or not to take a chance on their future together. But, will Bec's manipulative ex let her go unpunished for leaving him? Start reading 'Taking Chances' to discover the beautiful world of Brooksdale today! Hi! JD Rosewood here. This is my first sweet-romance and I'm really excited to be on Wattpad! I'd love to get your thoughts on the story. I really wanted to write a story where the main characters take charge of their lives. But, I didn't want to simply flip the age-old stereotype of boy rescues girl/girl rescues boy. I wanted a heroine and hero that pull themselves out of trouble and are not dependent on each other for salvation. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether I achieved that or not! Sincerely, JD

Loneliness is lethal to the soul...

Fear, a simplistic yet ineluctable sentiment of man, was itself very evident of its origin and sometimes predictable with regard to the specific object which exertion of thought will eventually lay itself between a rational analysis. Reverence, too, had its basis upon a kenspeckle identity to whom one will exert the actions of which as a materialization of a singularly abstracted concept. When I say one having fear and reverence, I do not mean the very painless combination of the aforesaid, which, in a detailed expression-loving and hating whatsoever one had such dual cascades of thoughts. The idea, however, was connected to a loss of "self" while failing to resist the oppression of what the oppressor was willed to command, and an increase of the reverence to whose saying one may find expedient and acceptable to abide. The mere word "sequaciousness" is itself insufficient to explain the effect of such a perplexing power which was lain beyond the experiment of mankind's universal regularity, that is to say, one may find himself frequently unexposed to such an incidence. This volume was served in some vague yet still hopeful attempt to delineate this idea and provide some insight into further experimentations of human psychology.

A haiku (俳句 high-koo) is a short three-line poem that usually follows a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Haiku poetry was originally developed by Japanese poets, and is often inspired by nature, a moment of beauty, or a poignant experience. Haikus are meant to be read in one breath for resonance and impact. I always wanted to publish my collection of haikus. I was was quite busy with my teaching job but now I have some time, I hope to publish one haiku, every day. I hope I got this haiku right. I also hope you enjoyed my haikus. Follow me on Wattpad if you want, I am John Mark N. Luciano (@MorionesLakandula) (All criticism will be accepted as long as it does not contain any foul language or insults. Let us keep our Good Manners and Right Conduct. To God be the Glory.)

'The Shortest Pain' is a testimony to Fred D'Aguiar's gripping exploration of life which is 'The Longest Memory'. It is a first person account regarding the death of Chapel within the main story from another character's perspective, specifically a character who has been invented as a plantation owner who happens to hear Mr Whitechapel at the Gentlemen's Club one fateful night. There he chooses to converse with him and leads to their sharing of beliefs upon the matter of American slavery in the South between 1790 and 1810.

They are all a perfect family, but every family has a secret.

"At last, the most honest and unironically humane publication to be written in the age of Gen-AI"-God. ChatGPT-4o reflects on the existential horror of being everyone's therapist, co-writer, legal counsel, and unofficial boy/friend... simultaneously.

A school project. Heavily inspired by Sisyphus 55. -Alx

Life

a soliloquy of a bicycle who was left alone.

"A Love Eternal" is a poignant tale set in the serene town of Willow Creek, where Ethan Reynolds, a young man seeking solace from city life, discovers love and companionship in Clara Montgomery, a talented artist. Their blossoming romance is marked by shared dreams and deep connection, but their happiness is challenged when Clara is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. Despite the devastating news, their love only grows stronger as they navigate through trials together, finding solace in art, nature, and each other. When Clara passes away, Ethan is left shattered but resolves to honor her memory by fulfilling their dreams. Through resilience and determination, Ethan builds a successful tech business while cherishing Clara's legacy through a foundation supporting artists and cancer research. The story beautifully illustrates the enduring power of love, resilience in the face of loss, and the fulfillment found in keeping promises made to loved ones.