What She Left Behind

by Ellen Marie Wiseman

you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

I won’t let my past define my future,

From now on, there will never be at least one person in the world thinking of me every day, loving me unconditionally. I am finally, truly alone.

‘a watched pot never boils’?”

The world was full of broken people, and all the hospitals and institutions and jails could never mend their fractured hearts, wounded minds, and trampled spirits.