The Revenge of One Humiliated
he murmurs into my neck, in a voice that is nothing more than a breath, a voice that says what he has never said, what he has always wanted to say, what he has always waited to say, what he has always hoped to say, one day, to someone, to his father, to me, I love you, dad, I love you, I love you, I love you.
I cry, I cry like I haven't cried in six years, since that night she left without saying goodbye, without telling me her name, without telling me she was taking with her a part of me that I would never find again, or that I might find, one day, if I searched for her enough, if I loved her enough, if I believed enough that love, sometimes, can overcome fear, overcome time, overcome every