Critique of my first ever piece!
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This is a short story I wrote of about 200 words, but I'm uncertain whether it makes sense or not. I haven't touched this piece in quite a while, so maybe it'll be easier now for me to see things I may have missed? Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.<br><br>It was never in the stars for us to be together.<br> <br>She was the whiteboard marker to my colouring pencil.<br>Her home was the templates on Microsoft Word, while mine was the blank page inside the notebook.<br>She was as perfect as the font of the books on a shelf, and mine was the handwriting of a 6-year-old from the alphabet book on the next shelf over.<br> <br>I thought that I had learned this long ago.<br> <br>I thought I had learned that I was the one that had lost her from the very start.<br> <br>But now, I see that it was never about me.<br>Nor about her.<br>Or even what was between us.<br> <br>It was about what had been written out for her, and who had written it out for her.<br> <br>She had never been mine to lose.<br>She had never been hers to gain.<br> <br>It's not entirely my fault for losing her, nor hers for gaining her.<br> <br>But of course, I am left to pick up the pieces.<br> <br>And yet... <br>And yet...<br> <br>I feel no sorrow.<br> <br>No anger.<br> <br>Only a peacefulness.<br> <br>I see now that we can't always read what's next in the story.<br> <br>But sometimes, we can see the ending.<br> <br><br><br>EDIT: I'm touched by the kind words and support of the users here! I'm doing fine :)
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