Comments : Weakened Defences

  • 10 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Could see this image so well, this broken girl who has physical abuse but also probably emotional... feeling she can never be whole. I liked how you wrote "stripped of her masquerade" because that expresses tons, no longer pretending or hiding flaws or having to conceal the loneliness that is raw and a part of her. Nice with the "wide eyes" too because it goes deeper than just picturing her not able to look at anyone openly, but that she may never be able to look at the world or go out in it feeling at peace with herself and who she is... even if she still hasn't found what will make the emptiness go away. A well-told and sad tale of this girl with those prompts.