With the night comes darkness, but also stars.

As life comes with death.

As tears come with joy, but also sadness.

There is a balance.

The scale, it never tips....

My thoughts keep running

I can’t seem to let go of this feeling

I know what it takes to move forward

But, am I strong enough?

I want to be whole again

I want to create and find beauty in things that I love

It will take time

It will take sacrifice

I want to fall in love again

I’ll fall in love again...

I struggle to open my eyes as my obnoxious alarm goes off. The time on my phone reads 5:00 a.m. That’s too early to be up, so I click the snooze button and try to get a bit more time to sleep. Unfortunately the snooze only works for about five minutes before it goes off again, but I don’t think about that when I click it. I just want it to stop. After sleeping another hour and getting through what...

In the outskirts of the city, Harold drives down the lonely empty highway like he does every morning on his way to work. Although, it’s no ordinary morning. It’s Monday morning. To many it may seem like any ordinary day of the week, but Monday mornings are special for Harold. As he pulls into the lot at work he takes a sip of coffee and can’t help but to let out a big smile. It’s finally happening...

“I love you darling, have a good shift tonight.” I hug and kiss my wife goodbye as she leaves for her shift at the hospital. “Don’t forget to leave the faucet dripping, otherwise the pipes will freeze” she says.

“Thank you, I would have forgotten completely.”

“I know darling” she says as she gently touches my face.

“Kiss Sam goodnight for me, I feel bad that I’ve had to work late every night th...