If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being... - J.D. Stroube, Caged in Darkness
"If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved."
"If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved."
"No one has free will until they are an adult, and by then the choices that were made for them, have already set them on a course that gives limited freedom in the choices to be made."
"My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting what was left of me. I could feel it at night; slithering and curling around my soul as it slowly devoured me. It was draining my energy and replacing it with an evil I was afraid to confront."
"Their screams would echo through the house and reverberate against my eardrums until my mind would fracture. Years went by and with each fracture; I lost a piece of my soul until I became lost and empty inside."