She Looked North

She looked north. Not because she could see him, but because that was the direction he headed when he left. There was a time in her younger years where she had looked west. Different person, different direction, but a leaving all the same. Wrapping the blanket tighter around her shoulders, she looked up and startedContinue reading “She Looked North”

The Ghosts of Hidden Sorrows

She sits, staring silently through the pellucid panes. A world awaits, yet she sits, watching, safe and sheltered. Outside, joy awaits. An emotion she no longer trusts. Every encounter reveals the same thing. Her life is riddled with the ghosts of hidden sorrows. Dreams that linger reminding her who she once was, what she hopedContinue reading “The Ghosts of Hidden Sorrows”

A Different Kind Of Thirst

It was hot, hotter than any day she could ever remember. She reached into her bag and pulled out the steel thermos that carried the precious liquid to quench her parched throat and, hopefully, soothe her searing lips. Sipping slowly, she savoured each precious drop, daring not to take too much. It would run outContinue reading “A Different Kind Of Thirst”