The shadows are always here, lurking nearby. Waiting for the perfect moment to make their move, to make themselves known. They belong neither to the present, nor to the future. They are rooted firmly in the past.  And I cannot look away.
A wise man once said, “When your thoughts are in [...]

It’s all an illusion that they have created. The feelings that they profess to feel so deeply don’t even exist. She’s so caught up in excitement and apprehension that it has never occurred to her that she should wonder if it is he that she loves, or merely the thrill of having this [...]

She was not the first to try to deceive us. Appearances can be deceiving, but not to those who live a life removed from the world. I suppose she saw us as innocents, secluded from the dangerous world from whence she came. How she underestimated us. She swept into the world [...]

I’m in. Any nervousness I may have felt during my journey was wasted, for they didn’t seem to question me at all. They have welcomed me with open arms. Vulnerable and willing open arms. In fact, my nervousness has quickly been replaced by disdain for all the foolish naivety that I’ve [...]