Gilded Hearts
I placed my bag and collapsed upon my bed as I slowly let the silence consume me into the earth.
Across the river stretched the city skyline, and it glowed through the thin curtains. Tall buildings shone like gold, out of reach instead. Somewhere out there, people lived easy, comfortable, golden lives. But that wasn’t my world. Not yet.
I quickly got freshened up and had my dinner with Mama. I helped her with the dishes and said goodnight to her.
I pulled my scratchy blanket a little closer and whispered to myself,
"One day, I’ll make sure Mama will never lift another pan again. One day, Nick will no longer say I'm serious when he thinks about me. One day, all of this hard time will be worth
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