by Mae Grey
· 18/01/2026
Published 18/01/2026 13:55
The orange light kicks on.
The wind is a razor.
The swings move an inch.
Back and forth, unprompted
by any breeze I can feel.
A cold, rhythmic creak.
The yellow slide is slick.
A thin skin of ice
holding the plastic still.
The stairs are empty.
The wood is old.
No one is coming down.
#abandonment #childhood #nostalgia #stillness
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That creak sound is the worst.
It stays in your head for sure.
yeah, it's a hard sound to shake.
I don't really get the point of the yellow slide part.
Fair enough, i just wanted to show how cold and stuck everything felt.
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