On hope and love,
by Luísa Magalhães
leer en español And then, one day, I fell in love again.The story I am about to share with you is a story of truth and struggle, written in fate by two wounded souls that once found themselves searching for peace and hope. I feared the novelty, and I know he feared it too. We had both experienced lives of grief so far.I had given up on attempting to create new possibilities of commitment, shut myself inside a protective shell, allowing nobody to come near. Safety, quiet, maybe also loneliness, but a safe feeling of being on my own. No more yelling, cursing, forced sex, endless arguments and miserable condescendence. Just peace, my books, my writings, my screens of meaningless images. I became still, a body without pain, a mind freed and starting to relax.Of course there were nightmare...