Redemption | A Drake Duology (2016)

0 • Preface

REDEMPTION

Thirty-thousand feet in the air and all I could think about was the one conversation that didn't go so well. The one when you chose her over me but assured that she was nothing to be concerned about; or maybe the one when 'I love you' didn't feel so real.

My emotions made up a road of concrete that I ran along until I reached the light. Mile after mile, I broke through the bounds and chains of an unhealthy relationship to meet my freedom, yet somehow, I still didn't feel free. My heels were glued to hopes that one day you would be better, not for me but for the sake of the people around you and your happiness. I dare not put you through what I've dealt with, so it was best that I left.

I went against my beliefs to make you happy. My life was yours to hold. I trusted you with my being and you promised to be careful because I was fragile, but you dropped me—two hundred and six shards of glass scattered across the bed that we once shared puncturing the four arteries that kept my heart beating— I lost myself in you.

Our home was no longer a home. I stopped trusting you and you only loved me on good days. This wasn't supposed to feel like a war and the moment you chose your battle weapon, I knew it was time to let go.

I never thought that I would see a life without you, but I did, and it looked so peaceful until morning invaded the skies fighting the gray clouds to finally shed a little brilliance upon the gloomy city. I woke up alone in a foreign country and a new home rubbing the crust out of my swollen eyes.

I stepped out onto my balcony peering out at the clear waters that rimmed the city of Dubai. I saw fate, an escape, a lifetime of merriment but instead of moving on, I thought of you again...