His & Hers

by Alice Feeney

I bury the thoughts like I always do. Lock them in a secure secret box inside my head, push them to the darkest corner right at the back, and hope they won’t escape again anytime soon.

Patience is the answer to so many of life’s questions.

Sometimes I find the only way to ease the worst forms of pain is to damage myself in a different way. Distract my attention from the things that can and will break me. A little hurt to help me

Sometimes it feels as though I live just below the surface, and everyone else lives above.

People don’t know what real love is until they lose it. Most never find it in the first place, but when you do, you’ll do anything for that person.

Sometimes we hold on too tight to the wrong people, until it hurts so much we have to let go.