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OUR WEAKNESS

Author: Kairal.K
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

LANDON

I couldn’t sleep.

My fucking nightmares and the screaming every time I close my eyes can't let me shut my eyes for even a few minutes.

I am seated in the shadows, in the lounge room as I hold a liquor bottle, my dear friend in one hand, and my the other on my guitar.

I put the bottle down and close my eyes, slowly strumming the soft notes as I think about my sisters, and my mother… accelerating so fast, what started as soft is now a little grungy.

Playing makes me calm my nerves, it’s the only thing I can do especially right now when the thoughts can't leave my head and Storm. I wish she was here beside me, she always manages to keep them at bay. Running my hand through my long hair as I push it back, I try to go again, this time slow and soft as I think about her, my mind holding on to her, as I think about her eyes, her beautiful long hair, those lips that curve the most beautiful smile…

“you still play.”

I am up, the guitar falling on the floor with a clash as I watch the m
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