An Unexpected Paradise

by Chelsea Curto

“You plague my thoughts, Josephine. Day after day. You haunt my dreams, an inescapable cycle. And you brighten my darkest, most sorrowful nightmares, lighting up my gloomy world like a million lanterns. Hate you? I could never, ever hate you. I’ve never felt something so strongly before in my life, and it’s confusing as hell. Frustrating. Exhausting. But god, so fucking worth it.”