We can be strangers again

Five months ago the stream did flow,
The lilies bloomed within the sedge,
And we were lingering to and fro,
Where none will track thee in this snow,
Along the stream, beside the hedge.
Ah, Sweet, be free to love and go!
For if I do not hear thy foot,
The frozen river is as mute,
The flowers have dried down to the root:
And why, since these be changed since May,
Shouldst thou change less than they.

And slow, slow as the winter snow
The tears have drifted to mine eyes;
And my poor cheeks, five months ago
Set blushing at thy praises so,
Put paleness on for a disguise.
Ah, Sweet, be free to praise and go!
For if my face is turned too pale,
It was thine oath that first did fail, --
It was thy love proved false and frail, --
And why, since these be changed enow,
Should I change less than thou.

Change Upon Change ,Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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People change for two reasons; either their minds opened or their hearts have been broken.

"Creating a happiness, I know won't last. I know because I still dwell on my past. I wish I knew how to let go... That's just something else I'll never know. They say that I should just do me. But I wouldn't even know how to be me. The real me is so far gone. I'm giving up for my own sake. Because too much of my happiness is Fake."

Mia Collins was a happy child up until she was fourteen. The person she thought she could trust the most took almost everything from her. She is always on the run for her life and that of her mother. When she lands in California under the protection programme, things look brighter. She meets Adrian Jordans, who is also running from his own dark past. They built walls for themselves over the years, but what happens when they break each other's walls and let each other in? Read to find out!