My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes.
There is always something left to lose.
Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.
Peter stood, cleared his throat, and began to hum softly, then sing, slowly building up the song as his voice cleared. He found the old tune, the song of the Sunbird. And as he sung, as his rich voice echoed off the tall cliffs, the birds and the faeries lent him their voice and soon the tune drifted throughtout the garden.
Peter," she whispered and reached out, touching his cheek. "My little Peterbird? You flew back to me.
And Peter laughed, and when he did, all the Devils grinned, because Peter's laugh was a most contagious thing.
Had not enough gone wrong?
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
My dad abandoned me when I was about two years old. So, he wasn't around to protect me the way I needed to be protected. I started getting sexually abused from the time I was about five years old to the time I was ten. It really messed with my sense of self worth and my sense of all that was good with the world, almost.
I had my whole life planned. . I knew exactly where it was taking me.