satfire333

1.the news doesn't hurt: it's his eyes that hurt you, the glimmer of his past creeping in just like his father used to creep in at three a.m. with a sin on his mind and rage on his hands. he waits for you to react, but you don't because he's suddenly seven again, hiding bruises while mommy cries in a ball on the couch. 2.you think time is a funny thing. people talk about it like it is an object: "I need more time," they say, like they will go to the store later and buy more. but you know that time is more like an ocean wave, with an endless pounding that continues long after we greet the dirt, and we want more time, but time doesn't want