Neither Die, Nor Live

Clara

I did not answer Gael when he spoke to me. Gael held me the whole time without letting go. He didn’t ask me to stop. He didn’t tell me to be strong. He just kept his arms around me, as if he could hold me together when my mind couldn’t do it anymore.

“It’s okay,” he said softly, his hand moving slowly on my back. “You don’t have to say anything.”

He told me I was safe, that I was not alone,