Where it burns
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Last published Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Life almost dragged me into a depths of darkness that I could no longer see any light-everything was dim, as if I belonged there. But I don't. It's not where I belong; it's just where I stayed while trying to climb out of the black hole.
That's what Sarah Antonette De Guzman thought. She may have felt the hopelessness and cruelty of life, but that doesn't mean she has to become it. She's been through enough to want it all to end- to silence the weight of everything she has felt and is still feeling. But deep down, she wanted to know what it's like to truly live. To live fully.
As she navigates through life, she begins to find her own pace. It doesn't matter how long it takes-as long as she can feel something again. But how long can she hold on, pulling the fragile strings of her life, when one night changes everything? When she experiences the most horrific moment of her life, it carves itself permanently into her memory- its shadows haunting her wherever she goes, burning into her like a wound that refuses to heal.
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