Poetry & Art

Someone

With him,
thousands of knots
clog her throat
as the words choke her.

Without him,
she has no words,
no voice,
nothing worth saying.

With him,
she is burning,
no longer with a physical hunger
but instead with
an anger born of agony.

Without him,
she is dead inside,
soulless,
invisible,
gone.

With him.
Without him.

How did it boil down to just two distinctively
depleting options?

For either way, she loses someone.
She used to be someone with him.
But now she is just…

She bites her lip,
wondering who the
someone is now.

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by Lindsay Detwiler

Lindsay Detwiler is a high school English teacher and a USA TODAY Bestselling author with HarperCollins/One More Chapter. Her debut thriller, The Widow Next Door, is an international bestseller. Her second novel, The One Who Got Away, released in February with One More Chapter/HarperCollins. Her latest novel, The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter, has been called "dark, unique, and a must-read in the thriller genre."

Lindsay is married to her junior high sweetheart. She prides herself on writing about genuine, raw emotions for the modern woman.


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