I wanted to leave. But then you came along. It would've been nice, to leave my shame behind and to start over. Somehow you became part of my shame, clinging to me, a part of the dark void.
Was that how I saw it? A dark void, endlessly dragging me down?
Maybe. I knew I had to get out.
Happiness was nonexistent. Even you were only that distant star, a star I could see but not feel its warmth.
Yes, there are many ways to tell the story. And it could be a love story, me meeting you and falling in love and everything perfect. Or you protecting me from the darkness, the sun illuminating my features.
The truth? Me hiding in shame every day, suffocated by my nightmares, scared it would happen to me again. But with you. My mind warped the reality, putting everything under layers and layers of dark veil. Clouding who you really were, a sun who could warm even the farthest corners of my heart.
I couldn't see the truth. So I left.
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When I'm Gone
Teen Fiction"Sorry," I muttered as I bumped into a big, burly guy. "Watch it, new girl," he glared at me, then continued down the corridor. So much people. I was perfectly fine at Norton High. So much people. Did I mention the strangers? Expect very short chapt...
