When we're alive, life consumes us. But when we die, all of the color and the motion is gone so quickly, it's as though it can no longer stand to be wasted on us.
Lauren DeStefanoLinden just wants to protect her, is what I want to say. She's all he has. I left him. I'm at arms reach, but I've left him.
Lauren DeStefanoI can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you canโt get here?' Almost. Freedom, Gabriel. Thatโs what you canโt get here.
Lauren DeStefanoThey never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all tremble as though something means to strangle the life from them. The sky watches on. The world is filled with anticipation, as if to wonder if this day will be a great day, or a horrible day, or the last day.
Lauren DeStefano