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His Mistress

June 21, 2011
By serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks."


It was becoming routine. Every night, I would lay awake for hours, silently listening to the train passing by, mournfully calling my name with every chug, and mocking my fear of leaving the safety of my quarters. I felt the adrenaline building, my muscles becoming tense as my heart beats steadily in harmony with the clatter of the train. My home was not here, locked behind a facade, a character made to protect my master’s name. This silk dress I wear, the corset biding my heart from jumping from my chest, does not belong to me, but to his wife, who gave it to me out of pity. He has a wife. And I am his mistress.
I wear my shoes to bed every night, laced tightly, in the event I muster up enough courage to escape through the small window beside my cot. Below it, hidden behind the tattered curtain, was my suitcase, the one my father gave to me before I left for my new home, where I would assist the lady of the house. Yet I wonder if my sole purpose for being here is something entirely different. As if it is to please my master.
I wish to run to the train, its howl chanting my name. There I know I would be safe from my master’s sordid touch, but be in danger of receiving his bitter wrath. For a second, I close my eyes, where in the darkness behind my eyelids I see his filthy hands gripping my bare skin, his sticky breath clinging to my neck, my hair tangled between his fingers. Perhaps this is why I cannot sleep, when I am awoken by living nightmares.
I hear his familiar heavy footsteps approaching as my pulse begins to speed. I know his reason for coming, and no matter how convincing I try to be, or how I deeply I pretend to sleep, he slyly slips in beside me and from his fetid mouth whispers for me to be silent. And I always am, in fear he would do something much, much worse.
The floorboards outside my door creak as if someone were stepping upon them. I bite my lip to keep myself from screaming as I see the brass doorknob turn ever so slowly. The train’s sorrowful wail cries for me one last time as it rolls farther and farther away, deeper and deeper into the woods. A single tear falls down my cheek as the door makes its way open with a groan, revealing my master’s dark shadow lingering in the doorway. My body shakes from terror.
I tell myself again, as if to keep my sanity, that the rain will roll by tomorrow night once again.



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on Jul. 16 2011 at 8:48 am
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks."

thank you so much for your comment! it means so much to hear back from readers :) glad you liked it!

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on Jul. 16 2011 at 2:18 am
SweetlySour, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am not afraid of storms for I&#039;m learning how to sail my ship.&quot; - Louisa May Alcott<br /> &quot;Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you&#039;ll be criticized anyway. You&#039;ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don&#039;t.&quot; - Eleanor Roosevelt

This was so amazing. The description was great, the wording was excellent and edgy, and the entire piece drew me in deeper with every sentence.

Wonderful job!

~ Lindsey


on Jul. 3 2011 at 12:43 pm
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks.&quot;

thanks!! i've never read "the room" but i think i'll look it up! and sure i would love to!

on Jul. 3 2011 at 12:42 pm
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks.&quot;

thank you! i'm glad that you liked it!

 


on Jul. 3 2011 at 12:42 pm
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks.&quot;

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your feedback! Keep writing and you’ll get it down! :)

A_Journey GOLD said...
on Jul. 2 2011 at 6:31 pm
A_Journey GOLD, Tampa, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
The Muse of Poetry should not know that roses in manure grow. ~The Formula, Langston Hughes<br /> You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted ties. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dirt, I rise. ~Still I Rise, Maya Angelou

I loved this piece! Wonderful descriptions and you can feel the woman's terror! It reminds me of Room by Emma Donaghue (idk how to spell it). Can you check out my work? Thanks.

on Jul. 2 2011 at 12:47 pm
prettylittlewriter BRONZE, Villa Park, California
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Favorite Quote:
These violent delights have violent ends.

I love how you kept me on the edge and wraped my attention.

tealbird said...
on Jul. 1 2011 at 5:46 pm
I LOOOVE this! Writing emotion in a convincing manner has always been someting that, up until now, I've struggled with and always wondered how someone could master it...you have my praises. This was raw, and bold, and purely beuautiful writing!