i.

Do you think I asked for this?

ii.

I haven't slept for months.

I find myself crying spontaneously;

clawing my way through throngs of people,

just to collapse on the cold sidewalk.

iii.

I held my hand over the candle,

watched as flames licked up my fingertips.

iv.

I thought I saw you in the crowd.

v.

It wasn't you.

Just another boy with unruly blond hair and a twinkle in his eye.