Years later and miles apart, she finally gathered courage to ask him over a cold text on an October evening. Shocked and ravaged that it took her so long to want to reach out and ask him.
"Scarred...Marred...Devastated...Shattered...Broken into pieces... Would you even understand this? Do you really want to know the cruel truth?"
He was certain that his reply would not garner any kind of empathy about his loneliness from the only woman who broke his heart, his appetite for love. He composed his feelings, took a sip from his half empty can of soda, and replied -
"I am wonderful".
"Scarred...Marred...Devastated...Shattered...Broken into pieces... Would you even understand this? Do you really want to know the cruel truth?"
He was certain that his reply would not garner any kind of empathy about his loneliness from the only woman who broke his heart, his appetite for love. He composed his feelings, took a sip from his half empty can of soda, and replied -
"I am wonderful".