Brick and mortar.

That’s what separates me from the world.

Dirt and mud and clay and sand.

That’s what keeps me alive.

A concrete jail cell.

Of my own making.

I tried to escape once.

I thought it was real.

I begin to drown in a sea of lies.

Never again....

“I believed you,” I whispered. “I believed that everything you told me was how you truly felt.”

He remained silent and his face showed no emotion.

“I once told you that you had no reason to not be honest with me. Do you remember that?”

His eyes look away from me as he nods his head. When his eyes find mine again, I can see a small hint of regret in them now. A single tear escapes but I have to k...

They had only been talking for a couple of months but she could already feel herself breaking her own rules and falling for him. Given the many betrayals and heartbreaks she had been dealt in the past, she began to feel alive for the first time in a long time. He seemed to be everything she needed. He always seemed to be the reason a smile appeared on her face. The way he insisted that they talk o...

There isn’t anything nor anywhere that can heal the pain caused by anyone....