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Solitude by Samantha Lee

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Every Writer

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Solitude

by Samantha Lee

The artist was seated at the top of the cliff when I clambered over the edge.

“Did you find it on the way up?” he asked. “Fulfillment?”

“Not yet,” I said. “Not this time.”

The painting was the Yosemite backcountry, transcendent white and green under a crystal sky. My yellow windbreaker, earthbound, was a drop of paint drowned by the expanse.

“I call it Solitude,” said the artist.

“I wish you wouldn’t,” I said. “I’m sick of solitude.”

He dipped his brush into cherry-red, and I left him painting.

I met her on the way down. Her windbreaker was cherry-red.

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I am a writer, nurse, and rock climber currently living in Vero Beach, FL.

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