Wounds Reopened

Cassia Rowe

As I stumbled into my room, the weight of the argument with Darius was pressing heavily on my shoulders. The room was quiet—almost too quiet—and I felt like I was suffocating under the silence. I sank onto the edge of the bed, my mind racing with thoughts of what had happened earlier. Tears welled up in my eyes, a release I had denied myself for so long. For years, I had fought so hard