Darling little girl, you forgot in your bid to be patient, the world will not be the same with you. And this is where your struggle will start. Your struggle to evolve into the beautiful thing that you've got potential to be. Don't let one rainy year kill the kindness that blossoms within you. Don't let anything or anyone blow out your inner spark. You're special and you're special as long as you believe you are. Hold that strong. Come read the little epiphanies of a 16-year-old.

and with the deafening mind of hers came a sorrow she submitted to. it was as if she was submerged underwater for years of her life, solely being focused on how everything was amplified beneath the surface. it was all very loud, similar to the volume of river rapids, and maybe the only way for her to subdue it was to plunge into the rapids themselves; allow the current to carry her body as far as it could. because all she wanted was silence, so silence she received. + lowercase intended. alternate universe. sad. sensitive topics. short story.