Running with Lions

by Julian Winters

And that’s the thing, life is sometimes just another day, and sometimes it’s

moment after moment after moment that only paralyzes you if you let it.

In his head, the soundtrack to Sebastian’s life with Emir is vibrant and loud, like electric indigo. It’s thunderstorms over a city. It’s neon-bright, like

summer fireflies.

The future is only grim because people see it that way. It’s

unpredictable.

Life is a summer storm of insecure thoughts. There’s an umbrella of precautions to prevent insecurity, but it doesn’t alw...