And so we stepped into the dawn forever changed..

Your eyes meet mine, and then they flicker away, a sick, tired look on your face.

Your hands curled in tight bloody fists, my hands still shaking.. how did it come to this?

To take a life… to save another…...

I’m fine… (no I’m not)

It’s ok… (no it’s not)

I want this… (no you don’t)

I’m happy… (no Im not)

I’m doing good… (no I’m not)

no.

no.

please no.

No.

Please No.

No!!!! NO!!!

NO!!!!!!!!!!! Please no…. I cannot, I will not…

(How selfish can I be?)

I’m fine....

Remember.

The happy days, the gentle moments, the songs we played, the way we laughed, the way we talked, the way we danced in the parking lot…

I can’t remember

There are shadows on the walls, silence fills the empty halls

Broken pieces of what had been, close my eyes and play pretend.

Silent screams and quiet fears, faint whispers in my ears…

But I can’t remember.

Standing on a thin l...