The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life.

Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel.

But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenseless that I couldn't do it.

Perhaps, perhaps this would be the one to pull me out of my plunge.

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

I used to pray to recover you.

The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life.