Her footsteps break the silence that the house
has kept, her hand on the door, a tear perched high upon her left
cheek begins to fall, hitting the floor with no noise.
She looks behind her as though there will be someone to pull her
back, someone to stop her, someone to grab her by the
arm and hold her, wipe her tears and most of all tell her
everything will be okay.
As a young child
she had listened to stories, she had believed
that there was such a thing as happily ever after,
but real life was starting to creep into the fantasies of her
youth.
It took ahold and began to darken her clear skies, bringing the
downfall of everything she knew.
How did she let herself get this way? She asked herself as she
walked out into the night, her body a mere shadow among the pitch
black of the world around her.
A car waited outside and as she gripped the handle, she again gave
a backward glance at the house, the home they had made
together.
They.
Yet she was the one leaving by herself, only a suitcase in her
hand and a sullen look in her eyes.
The driver saw it painted across her pretty face but decided to
keep his mouth shut.
Can you truly see how sick a person is by the dullness of the
iris?
For there is certainly more than one way to be sick.
Mentally, physically, emmotionally..
She wondered if this stranger could see her true heartbreak, she
wondered if he ever knew the same but she dared not inquire.
That's the thing about people, they always keep things to
themselves.
We can surely identify with perfect strangers if we for once pushed
ourself to speak.
But all that she could manage was the street adress of the
closest hotel.
He nodded slowly, turned back around and began to pull out into the
street.
So there she sat, head down, gripping the suitcase handle begging
herself not to look back.
Never, ever look back..