*And when you let love in, you let everything else in. You let hatred in too.* I don't know what it is but when you hold my hand I hate you. It's because I know what you'll do. I know what you all do. I know what you've already done. You make things so hard. Because I once loved you and you didn't love me back. Because now you love me and I can't love you back. Or won't. Can't because I won't because I never choke on words when I'm around you and my heart doesn't flutter when I see you. Because when I pass you in the hall, I don't feel your warmth. No more than I do anybody else's. Because I am cold and you are cold and everybody is cold. To me. And I see other people in love. They say they have something special but they have the same thing as everyone else but under a different pseudonym. We don't have anything special. We're just like them and it's killing me because we can't live under illusions. I can't because I am broken because you don't love until its too late and I may never love again... 2008-02-21T17:09:28Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/21921 <p>Ouch, aching depiction of life without love, and so without love that they can&#8217;t even accept that other people have love. That&#8217;s harsh. Well done.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21921?basename=42702 2008-02-21T17:09:28Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>This is cute, yet so sad! <br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21921?basename=42628 2008-02-21T04:05:00Z .:band baby:. http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby