I used to live for wild, late nights. I used to ache for a glass of Moscato after midnight and moments under the stars. I was an untamed horse, running from the pain. Pretty clothes draped over my tattoos, covering my invisible scars from past trauma. I knew how to hide it all, the fear, the pain, the anxiety, with a smile and my favorite shade of lipstick. The years went by, creating beautiful chapters, […]
Livvy opened her medicine cabinet and reached for a small pill bottle. Only one pale pill entered her mouth, but she craved them all. It was a depression she knew very well; an old friend. Outside her apartment window raindrops gathered on the glass. She stained her lips with berry colored lipstick, and smiled briefly at herself in the mirror. A smile could change an entire day, so she smiled often. She combed through her […]
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