Ash

After I left last night, I was not sure whether I would be able to return, but I hoped so, and now I can tell you that it is finished, and I am free to love you

But those who gave in had to pay a price, for to invite death inside would mean striking a bargain with it

Fear will teach you where to be careful.

And it was easier to believe the village rumors than to sit with the ache inside herself.