It was early morning, and Bear was resisting the need to get up, luxuriating in that hazy land between sleeping and waking. Then he heard feet on the floor, moving fast. He lifted his head just as the front door banged open. He lumbered up, walked curiously towards the open door, and peered out, still slightly enmeshed in sleep. And saw Girl, wearing only her nightgown, running barefoot off into the meadow. He furrowed hi...
I gave in to you countless times. Even when I knew I shouldn't and it wasn't fair The guilt of putting my foot down dissolves my spine. My boundaries crumbling from such little wear. I all but begged for my minimum, but you hand the same lines It's exhausting being devoted to someone who isn't there. At first, when I made my feelings clear, there used to be push-back. But I had to accept your decisions with no discussion...
"A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect..." -Face Down by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. As you yell at me another man looks on and as you push and shove a woman watches and as you hit me neither does anything, but as soon as I'm down on the ground and obviously hurt there is someone there- someone other than the two watching on and suddenly there are a dozen people and they are all around me and they are helping me and t...
