Because of You
“And run. And run.
But I don’t end up at the library. My heart leads my feet to the Fine Arts building. The place I go to exercise my religion. The place where I’m happiest.
I edge down the steps and enter the long hallway. Immediately I’m more relaxed, more me. Our piano room, Kyle’s and mine, is at the end, and I make my way toward it. But someone’s already there. Playing. It’s a song that breaks my heart. It’s melodious, chorded. I peer in and see Kyle. Pain lines his beautiful face a...nd I wonder what he’s thinking. Why is he hurting? Is the pain there because of his father? I want to go in and console him, but I’m afraid.
Of rejection. Of his answers.
Both.
And what if it is about his father? I can’t comfort him over loss of that man. I’m glad he’s dead. I only wish it was me who took his life. At such a violent thought, I shudder. I wonder why my aunt and uncle never told me.MoreLess
But I don’t end up at the library. My heart leads my feet to the Fine Arts building. The place I go to exercise my religion. The place where I’m happiest.
I edge down the steps and enter the long hallway. Immediately I’m more relaxed, more me. Our piano room, Kyle’s and mine, is at the end, and I make my way toward it. But someone’s already there. Playing. It’s a song that breaks my heart. It’s melodious, chorded. I peer in and see Kyle. Pain lines his beautiful face a...nd I wonder what he’s thinking. Why is he hurting? Is the pain there because of his father? I want to go in and console him, but I’m afraid.
Of rejection. Of his answers.
Both.
And what if it is about his father? I can’t comfort him over loss of that man. I’m glad he’s dead. I only wish it was me who took his life. At such a violent thought, I shudder. I wonder why my aunt and uncle never told me.MoreLess
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