I remember it all: every word, every breath, every tick of the clock . . . everything that happened is with me forever. I can never forget it. But that dosen't mean I can live it again. You can't live what's gone, you can only remember it, and memories have no life. They're just pale reminders of a time that's gone - like faded photographs, or a dried-up daisy chain at the back of a drawer. They have no substance. They can't take you back. Nothing can take you back. Nothing can be the same as it was. Nothing is. All I can do is tell it.
Kevin Brooksnever feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it
Kevin BrooksStaring in the darkness, trying to sleep. My body was aching with tiredness. My limbs were numb. My sightless eyes were crazed with light/ I was dying of oblivion, but it wouldn't come. I didn't think I've ever sleep again.
Kevin BrooksIt's not easy-living in a void, living and dying inside your headโฆwanting what you want so much that you'd give everything else to get it- but the time still passes, the days go onโฆand as long as there's still a tomorrow, there's always a chance.
Kevin BrooksImagine: you've spent all day traipsing round London, lost in a maze of chaos, trying to find a hidden illusion; you've been living on hope, ignoring reality, fuelled only by feelings you don't understand. You've been looking for a dream, never truly believing you'd find it, but now โ incredibly โ you have. It's right there in front of you โ just behind that off-white door. It's there ...
Kevin Brooks