slarose1
If only I were able to flee. To be rid of this life and be capable of starting completely over. To not be confined to the life that I have destined for me, the one that at one time I had chosen but now I feel captive by. Utterly closed in, locked into a place in which I am no longer happy. If only I could just go, and be someone completely new.
The smell was rancid as it hit her nose. Throat convulsing, the muscles contracting up into a dry heave as she turned away from the cellar doorway. Once she could control her breathing, wiping the tears away with her dirty sleeve. She turned once again to the smell of death, looking down into the darkness. Her foot floating above the first step, before she hesitantly made her way down to the cellar.
There was no moon. On that night when we approached the mansion where the rest of my life lay before me. The gravel was smashed into the ground underneath the coach's wheels as we came to an abrupt stop. The door swung open with a creak, I blindly reached my hand out into the darkness. Only to find his, the calluses that I knew so well brushing over my skin as he assisted me down onto the gravel to my new home.
Mere fools. She thinks as she nods her head at all of the men that surround her. Go ahead and misunderstand, underestimate and degrade me. Behind this innocent smile there is a storm brewing, and when it comes. It will shipwreck you all.
We walk through this world with a hidden heart, hoping to slip through undetected, untouched and never broken hearted. Only to come to find that even the hardest, most ruthless human being has weaknesses. The realization comes as a slap in the face, you are not invisible. In fact, you are in the spotlight of your own story.