I am mad. I am mad that I still can't seem to find peace. I am mad that the first man I ever entrusted with my innocence was a no show. I am mad at myself for holding on to that bitterness for far too long. I am mad because it was in my nature to give. I am mad at the world for showing me that to do so was a mistake. I am mad at the instability that wasn't able to nurture me. I am mad at the toxic masculinity that has made my physical appearance the sum of being. I am mad at the women who did the same. I am mad that my sexuality alone is a topic of discussion. I am mad at the pretense. I am mad at the deception. I am mad that my psychology left me with a deficit. I am mad that I have to try that much harder. I am mad that my voice wasn't louder. I am mad that being authentic can be an offense. I am mad at the misconceptions about success. I am mad at the snakes and ladders in the wilderness. I am mad that love is a commodity. I am mad that love is disposable. I am mad at
The gentle and rhythmic hum of the train soothed Aurora into a dull lull. As she peered through the carriage window, with one eye open- a picturesque field of grass spanning as far as the eye can see steadily came into view. What a beautiful and vast kind of nothingness she thought to herself. While others would have seen this and raveled in the beauty of nature and life. She instead saw the endlessness that is an affliction on all living things. We live, we die so others can live and die. The pointlessness of it all. Caught off-guard by the often absentminded straying of her thoughts, she shook her head violently to her left as if to wake herself from that dark place she knew all too well. Looking down at hands that were cradling shaky knees, she pulled up the right sleeve of a worn-out winter sweater. The grey stitches were starting to venture out and free loose thread that swayed along to the beat of the train. Aurora took one long breath in, closed her eyes altogether and mastere