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Chapter 15 - Chapter 15: Running Nowhere

After the breakdown…

I spent a long time thinking.

Walking.

Trying to understand what I want.

What I need.

How to change.

I felt empty.

Lonely.

I had nowhere to run.

No one would understand me.

Everyone thinks I'm cheerful.

Interesting.

That I don't worry about anything.

But the truth…

is completely different.

I deleted the app.

I've had enough of everything.

I pulled away.

I turned to faith.

At least I tried.

But the thoughts keep chasing me.

Desire pulls me back.

Down.

Whoever hasn't fought themselves…

doesn't know what a real fight is.

No one knows my secrets.

They are dark.

I want to be normal.

Like everyone else.

I have bad thoughts.

Sometimes I think about hurting myself…

but I'm afraid of that too.

And that is a sin.

Whatever I do…

it feels like a sin.

Who cursed me like this?

I went home.

To rest.

To escape.

To my family.

But there…

it was even worse.

My father still comes home drunk.

When I saw him…

I remembered myself.

I looked at him…

and for the first time, I was more afraid of myself than of him.

I'm afraid to think about my childhood.

About the things we went through.

I love them…

but they also hurt me.

I pack my things quickly.

I make up a lie:

"I have an exam, I need to go back."

I run again.

But I don't know anymore…

where to go.

Where is my peace?

And does it even exist for me?

I've been running my whole life…

but for the first time, I realized —

there is nowhere I can run from myself.

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