Promise Me Never

Tell me it wasn't just butterflies and bullshit.

Loyalty between true love formed iron-clad restrictions. A guaranteed agreement, at least for now.

Zailey

It started with a few letters. My spilled confessions stained the paper along with my teardrops. The declaration wasn't meant to take down the community. I was only seeking relief from the crippling memories my best friend Sawyer made on our adolescence. The past brought agony, people spit on my truth. As I walked through those puddles of disgust, trying to remain devoted to erasing the shame in my bloodstreams.

River

I refused to listen to her, I'd first staple my ears shut. My glare always focused on the ground she stood, nothing but scum. With beliefs that love was kind, that it was patient. My mother raised my brothers, and I had faith in the slogan. Apparently, the girl who holds my affection didn't get the memo. A woman like her should come with hazardous protection. Nothing stops the soul from finding it's rightful mate.

Both perspectives tricked, caught amid a hoax by their closest candidate. Off with the masks for the final reckoning. When the truth becomes the cure, everybody catches a lie, instigating an epidemic.

+18 Sexual Content and Mature Language. Sensitivity Warning.