Midnight Blue

by L.J. Shen

“What makes you, you? Your personality. Your secrets. Your quirks.”

You look at me with dynamite in your eyes, waiting for me to light up the match and finally set you on fire.”

“When I look at you, I see something broken that isn’t worth fixing. And you look at me like I’m a cheap thing to replace the expensive one that’s been stolen from you. See, we’re all vases. And you’re the one scattered on the floor, shattered beyond repair. So I’ll let someone else pick you up. It’s really that simple. Have fun with your temporary glue.”

“Anything essential is invisible to the eye.”

Life is full of secrets, and narrow-minded people, and sugar-coated, empty conversations that hold no weight. What’s real is what’s inside us. What’s important is what we feel.

“Well, let’s just say Karma is a nasty bitch, and her brother, Fate, is not much better,”