[Fiction]

I had no way of explaining it even to myself, let alone anyone else. They were halcyon days. It was the twilight of youth. I was still very young but somehow felt on the brink of manhood. I felt the onus to perform as a man somehow without the faintest idea how to actually do it. As soon as I sensed it, the very instant, I felt myself profoundly removed from my family. Almost as though I resented the burden of responsibility that I felt, and in spite of knowing that they had nothing to do with it, they were somehow responsible for putting me in that position. It pushed me away from them more forcefully than any argument or outburst or emotion ever had. Continue reading “Among the Ashes” →