Tears leak from the corner of my eyes, not from pain, but sadness I haven't felt in a long time. A deep-rooted sorrow that takes away the ache in my chest. I don't think I'm going to make it back home. But I can't tell her that. Not when the world has robbed her of enough. I don't want her to lose faith in hope. In her future and the light that's waiting for her at the end of this tunnel. No one deserves light like Coraline. No one needs it more. A few years ago, all I wanted to do was die. Now, I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Now, I am dying and all I want is another day with her. Just one
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