8. Flashbacks

I know that I'm not on the playground anymore but when I am back at home laying in my bed; I am laying with Shayna and Liethe. Once more, I am trapped inside a game that I never consented to play. Who knew that more than ten years later I would find myself stuck in a triad again? Except this time nobody is kicking me and there is no four-foot-tall, little devil girl telling me what to do. This time I have already lost. The funny thing is though, that the only person who seems to be aware of this loss is myself.

A few weeks later, I go over to Sapphire's apartment and she tells me that Sabrina and her broke up. She says something about still being in love with a guy that she met over the summer. But I am not listening because the sun is shining inside my head. I tell her I'm sorry, and I wish things had turned out differently. Maybe they will meet again another time. We hug and I ask if she wants to grab a drink at the usual spot. I give her a Kleenex to wipe her tears. I radiate for the rest of the night.

'Goddess' drawn by Annie Wildemann (me).