Dark Heart

 

 

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The story is from the writer: Julia 

Age classification: +21 

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Once upon a time, in a small village nestled deep in the heart of a dark, gloomy forest, there lived a young girl named Sarah. She had always been a melancholy child, with a sadness that seemed to cling to her like a cloak. Her parents had passed away when she was just a baby, and she had been raised by her grandmother, who was also a very dreary and somber woman.

Sarah spent most of her days wandering through the forest, lost in her own thoughts. She never felt truly happy or content, and her heart was always heavy with sorrow. The villagers often saw her wandering alone, and they whispered amongst themselves about her strange behavior. They believed that she was cursed, and that her sadness would never lift.

One day, Sarah came upon an old, abandoned cabin deep in the forest. She had never seen it before, and curiosity got the best of her. She pushed open the door and stepped inside, and what she saw made her heart ache even more. The cabin was filled with memories of a family long gone, of laughter and joy that had once filled the rooms.

But now, the cabin was nothing but a shell of its former self. The furniture was old and worn, the walls were peeling, and the floorboards creaked beneath her feet. Sarah realized that this was a place where happiness had once lived, but now it was gone, and all that was left was emptiness and despair.

With tears in her eyes, Sarah left the cabin and returned to her grandmother's cottage. She knew that her sadness would never truly lift, but she also knew that she would never forget the memories of the family that had once lived in the cabin. She would always carry their sadness with her, as a reminder of what could have been.

And so, Sarah lived out the rest of her days in a dreary, melancholy state, wandering through the forest and remembering the happiness that had once been, but was now forever lost. She was never truly happy, but she was at peace with the sadness that consumed her, knowing that it was a part of her, and that it would always be with her, until the end of her days.