Knowing what you need doesn't always mean you know how to get it, though. I'd spent a long time hiding in my cave. No matter how much I might want to come out into the light, I knew it would hurt my eyes. I was a fool. A fool, but nevertheless too smart not to know I was the architect of my own demise, that it was time to put my past behind me. It was time to stop allowing the white elephants to stand unspoken of in my living room.
Megan HartIf you're lucky, the friends you make when you're sixteen stay with you for the rest of your life. If you're smart, you know when it's time to let them go.
Megan HartTheyโre like sharks. Circling. Cute, single guy, good job, nice car. Itโs all they know about me.โ His tone was light but his expression serious. Maybe thatโs because itโs all you show them.โ Maybe itโs all they want to see.
Megan HartItโs okay to struggle to find our place in this world and the person who will take us for who and what we are. Sometimes we dress ourselves in layers that only get peeled away in the end, to leave us as we should be.
Megan HartBut the problem with looking back when you should be walking ahead is that you usually end up walking into something that hurts.
Megan HartWe look at each other without saying anything, both of us smiling like idiots. I heart is so full I canโt believe it can possibly still beat without bursting right in front of me. My desire for him is so fierce Iโm afraid to stand, because I know my knees will be too weak to hold me up, but thereโs more than that. This great and bursting thing inside me is love.
Megan Hart