A tight spindle on sharp threads wind through every corner of her mind, slicing open ancient wounds–a perpetual pain machine unrelenting.
Most would want it gone, fight to heal, but for her it’s comfortable, soothing even.
For she only knows how to live in pain.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
My silence seemed like abandonment, neglect, angry to you on those days when I asked for a reprieve, a moment to gather, mourn, feel. It
The ultimate measure of a woman is not how many balls she can keep up in the air, but in the strength she gives herself