Fractured Hope

Emptiness was my constant companion. Grief was all I knew. Loneliness was all I felt. Life beat me down. The punches kept coming. I existed. Didn't really live. Then he came into my life. Roman. He was like a battering ram with a silver tongue. But for the first time in so long, I felt something. I felt everything. Peace. Cared for. Hope. But hope led only to disappointment.* * *Loss. Simple. Complicated. Life Altering. I lived alone, consumed by everything I no longer possessed. I had nothing to live for. Mia woke something inside me I thought died long ago. There was finally someone to share my life. This was a dream I'd relinquished long ago. She stirred emotion that I tried to fight, But I wanted her. Needed her. I felt I had something to live for. But hope was a liability I couldn't afford