whoosh.

The Wind whistled by and

I glided along with it.

It’s whispered embrace cocooned

me in safety and security.

I danced like the

autumn leaves drifting

beside me.

All was well: all was

peaceful.

Suddenly I started howling.

I was unsettled and

my insides rattled along with

The Wind.

We swept through alleyways

and streets,

roads and gardens.

The animal inside The Wind

had been unleashed.

...

“Alicia,” Ethan whispered from my left. I glanced at him and, well, he seemed normal. Normal brown sweater, normal jeans, normal face. So utterly normal. But then I noticed the small, intricate details one’s eye would miss on the first look.

His sweater was crumpled in places, as if he’d forgotten to iron it. And his jeans were in the same condition. The face I’d grown up looking at every day a...

For someone so young,

I sure do feel a lot.

Blood pumping two

times faster than average

It’s the bad type of unique.

You always told me it wasn’t;

that I was special.

But wasn’t it your job to do that?

And you did it, you did it well.

Laughing at midnight and talking

for hours.

Only you could make me smile

like I used to,

staring at my phone like a fool.

Unaware that nothing lasts.

But n...