That Woman
I don’t know who you think I am. But I am the woman you barely notice on the street. I am the one curled up on the park bench at midnight, shivering. I am the one with dirty fingernails and shoes worn to their soles. I am the shadow you glimpse in a dark alley. I am the creak of wood outside your window, the monster that stalks your dreams. I write because there’s no other way. There’s nothing else left of me. I write because, in a story, I can peel away my own life and take a real … Continue reading That Woman