Fractured Lives

<p><strong>Love brought us together but will it be enough to hold us together when everything comes crashing down?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Svetlana</em></strong></p><p> Brandon is my safe place my solace in a world haunted by shadows of the past. </p><p>With him I've found love that burns brighter than anything I've ever known.</p><p> But the scars I carry aren't so easily erased.</p><p>The closer we get the harder it becomes to hide the pieces of myself I'm still too afraid to show.</p><p> When he asks me to take the next step I say yes-but I'm not ready for the world to know.</p><p> I tell myself it's for Alex and Natalie but deep down I know the truth is far more complicated.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Brandon</em></strong></p><p>Svetlana is everything I've ever wanted. </p><p>Fierce passionate and so beautifully vulnerable. She's let me in but I can see the walls she hasn't let fall.</p><p> I'm trying to give her the space she needs but every time I hold her I feel the weight of what she's not saying.</p><p> When she agreed to be mine I thought we'd finally found our forever. </p><p>But now it feels like we're standing on borrowed time.</p><p> The past is catching up to us and it's pulling us toward a future I don't know if we're ready to face.</p><p>The road ahead will test us in ways we never imagined.</p><p> </p>