I’m shaking and I’m exhausted and there’s a goddamn sun in my chest where my heart should be, burning its way through the shadows and shackles, until there’s nothing left but ash where there was once a cage and impenetrable darkness. A cage where a little boy remained a prisoner for so long that he forgot what it meant to be free. What it felt like to stand in the light. But I don’t look away. I don’t back down. I’ll never hide again. Never, never, never. Because I’m staring into the abyss and the abyss is staring back at me and it’s looking at me like I am the goddamn sun. He’s looking at me
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