Here To Stay

by Mark Edwards

The magic of those early days, when you are consumed by each other, when your whole body thrums in the presence of this new significant other and aches when you’re apart.

For a long time I had lived under the illusion that the world was, essentially, fair. That good guys win in the end – or at least have a fighting chance of winning. Criminals are punished, tyrants are toppled. Bullies eventually go away to live their small, miserable lives. I saw now how naive that was. There was no fairness, no natural justice. No karma.