Rootbound

by Tarah DeWitt

I was half of a whole and now I’m just … half.

But as much as my family life may have lacked, I thank the universe that I was given a sister,

Because that’s the singular constant in life, isn’t it? That one minute you are completely obliterated by it, and then in the next moment, it carries you toward something else, regardless of whether or not you’re still emotionally reeling.

I’m no longer scared of loneliness. I’ve faced it, and learned to enjoy my own company. It’s a far more desolate feeling to be lonely in a relationship, than it is to just be alone.

“When someone betrays you, you don’t have a chance to lose feelings. You’re left with all that love leftover, plus anger right alongside it, with nowhere for it to go and no one to give it to.

how he understands my shade of heartbreak.

You’ve made me want to do that, to plant myself somewhere and flourish.”