LABYRINTH ;;

                          “ you know sometimes i feel
                                        like you are the only one who does… “

                                                             he forced a smile, out of habit. a smile made it seem
                                                              as if he were joking and he wanted to believe he was;
                                                                            he couldn’t bear to accept the truth. 

                                    and the truth was that there was a war going, people were dying;
                                     his friends,  strangers,  and now  his parents.  the truth was that
                                    he  told  himself  he’d  make it,   he’d fight and he’d conquer, he
                                    wouldn’t     allow     himself     to     be     weak,     to    give    up.
he’d            make            it            out            alive. 

                                           truth was that coming out of this alive seemed unlikely. 

                      he hated  feeling weak and vulnerable.   he hated feeling like the war
                      was changing him.    he only ever allowed himself to lower his head
                     in front of lily, and even so he hated that she had to see him like this. 

                                 “ i’m very thankful for that. “