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“People are idiots, love. Their opinions are worthless.”
“But you must never, ever let the idiots into your head. They will only lead you astray.”
“Those who do not understand you,” I say softly, “will always doubt you.”
If I stop moving, my mind might kill me.
There she is shattered again.
Two years with another girl and he never said a word about it.
Loneliness is a strange sort of thing. It creeps up on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark, strokes your hair as you sleep.
It wraps itself around your bones, squeezing so tight you almost can’t breathe, almost can’t hear the pulse racing in your blood as it rushes up your skin and touches its lips to the soft hairs at the back of your neck. It leaves lies in your heart, lies next to you at night, leaches the light out from every corner. It’s a constant companion, clasping your hand only to yank you down when you’re struggling to stand up, catching your tears only to force them down your throat. It scares you simply by standing by your side.
You wake up in the morning and wonder who you are. You fail to fall asleep at night and tremble in your skin. You doubt you doubt you doubt do I don’t I should I why won’t I And even when you’re ready to let go. When you’re ready to break free. When you’re ready to be brand-new. Loneliness is an old friend standing beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life without it. You can’t find the words to fight yourself, to figh...
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and we lean in as if by memory eyes closing lips just touching
“Give me another chance,” he whispers, resting his forehead against mine. My heart aches, throbs in my chest.
“I swear on my life,” he says, “I won’t disappoint you” and he kisses me
Your heart is an anomaly. Your actions are the only traces you leave behind.
Ella, Emmaline, and Nazeera.
It’s a picture of a little boy standing next to a little girl. She’s sitting in a stairwell. He looks at her as she eats a piece of cake. I flip it over. Aaron and Ella is all it says.
