On a Leash

~Cassidy~

The ideas I thought I had lined up suddenly evaporated into thin air. The cursor on my laptop screen blinked back at me with a steady, mocking rhythm. My writer’s block had returned, slamming down on my mind like an impenetrable brick wall. It was a suffocating sensation, a heavy weight pressing against my chest that made drawing a full breath feel like a chore. That was the primary rea