I Loved Something I Made Up

I Can't Think About That Right Now. If I Do, I'll Go Crazy. I'll Think About That Tomorrow.

Burdens Are For Shoulders Strong Enough To Carry Them.

Life's Under No Obligation To Give Us What We Expect.

Somehow The Bright Beauty Had Gone From April Afternoon And From Her Heart As Well And The Sad Sweetness Of Remembering Was As Bitter As Gall.

Once, When She Was Six Years Old, She Had Fallen From A Tree, Flat On Her Stomach. She Could Still Recall That Sickening Interval Before Breath Came Back Into Her Body. Now, As She Looked At Him, She Felt The Same Way She Had Felt Then, Breathless, Stunned, Nauseated.