Mistakes Made ✅
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"Don't erase the mistakes. Learn from them instead."
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For years, Errol Balker has been running away from his life, shutting out the previous world as he attempts to start a new one.
All he wants is change; to be better; to be a tame monster.
Amidst focusing on what he does best - which is drawing - he finds it fairly impossible to begin afresh when he refuses to acknowledge the damage that he has left behind, especially when bits of history follow him around like a shadow, like a constant reminder of his past ...
© A. Zah 2017
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