Sparrow

by L.J. Shen

The sparrow is associated with freedom. At one time, sailors got a tattoo of a sparrow for every five thousand nautical miles they traveled. Sparrows were believed to bring good luck. Sometimes the sailor got his sparrow tattoo even before leaving the docks, hoping it would act as a talisman and help bring him safely home again.

Nonetheless, to me, it was as pointless as Henry Cavill with a shirt on.

Fear is a prison, and in prison you played by different rules to survive.

Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan.

“Good, because opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one, and they usually stink.”

Troy Brennan was the devil, but sometimes, even good girls wanted a healthy dose of evil in their lives.

“Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even when you’re falling in love?”

He gave me lies, and I ate them from the palm of his hand. He gave me lies, and for him, I closed my eyes.

She was my beauty, and I was her beast. But this was not a Disney flick. In real life, the beast goes back to his solitary life, a freak who lurks in the shadows and watches as his girl runs away back to the arms of her family.

Real love doesn’t disappear. It can turn into hate, and hate can turn into love, but those feelings won’t ever turn into indifference.”

Even villains have a happy ending every now and again.