Broken Angels

by Gemma Liviero

Sometimes solitude offers the kindest company.

I believe that if a person’s strength of character is measured at the end of his or her life, it is by these qualities—qualities that allow a life to be lived, free of those restraints we place upon ourselves. But that doesn’t mean we should forget.

The pain is all I think about now, and to have it gone means more than anything.” It is a curious thing that chronic and acute pain can produce one of life’s greatest anomalies. The sufferer comes to appreciate death.