Us Dark Few (Us Dark Few, #1)

by Alexis Patton

Whoever first said “there is nowhere to go but up,” lied. Things can always get worse. Always. You can plummet further between those cracks and crevices, because no true rock-bottom exists to halt the descent of misfortune.

Straight for the jugular

She used to believe that love was like the sun. Unseen in the underground. Unwavering. A bright spot within a bleak universe. But love wasn’t like the sun.

my ass likes being closer to the ground. Reminds me where I’m going someday.”

She continued reading because it was the first time her brain and her heart dared to be on the same page. She kept it to escape. To be free. She read to stand on the earth and bellow out her dissent.

You remember it Can’t you? The lighted whispers in the dark When the hope in life Wasn’t built to fall apart You feel it Can’t you? The reverberations within Collapse of dead wishes Dreams adjourning before they begin You hear it Can’t you? That silence once more Louder than screams Hearts dying like mine has before You realize it Can’t you? Loss starts with your first breath Either accept defeat with smeared eyes Or smile when you encounter death

Emptiness has the fragility of feathers and bears the weight of mountains.

Don’t try to fathom me, I can’t even traverse my jagged depths.

The truth is, it’s not the hurt you see that’s dangerous. It’s the hurt you hide that’s the real menace.

“I’d tell you how I really feel about your so-called games, but I wasn’t born with enough middle fingers to express myself,” Khalani snarled, ending all pretense of civility.

Lmao

“I’ll find some flowers for you.”

Thas sweet

You’re the story I read slowly. I want to savor and memorize every word of you.

Ok queen pop off