…I am the particle that drifts through the air, unseen, until the light from an apathetic sun pulls my existence into your view. I will be forever changed. Once I have been betrayed by a random refraction of light, I will never be able to hide from you again. And you will never allow me to remain what I was, as I floated along, hidden in the safety of the shadows.

               With these words Liv explains not only who she was, but who she becomes. In between is a story of rape, revenge and redemption. A girl's innocence stolen, a young man's life is taken and only a stranger can make things right again as the person responsible for both is hailed as a hero.

               I am everything I am and I am nothing that is I. I am the girl that you will hold close and never be able to touch. I am the girl you will touch but never be able to hold close. But I will compel you to try. And try. And try.

Olivia (Liv)
A seventeen year old, dark haired girl blessed or perhaps cursed with the soul of a poet. Pale skinned and slight of frame she is fragile without being frail,  innocent but not naive, vulnerable but not a victim. She is beautiful even in her mourning and unstoppable in her belief that love truly never dies.

Brandon
A young man at the beginning of adulthood that is tragically robbed of the opportunity to enter it when he mysteriously dies. His voice however carries on, heard by those haunted by him and haunted for him.

Christian
Golden haired child of privilege, star high school quarterback and possessor of a deceptive smile capable of hiding monstrous intentions. Once you "drift" into his view, your life will forever change.

Gabriel
Dark, mysterious, unblinking... the soul of someone much older possesses him, the soul of someone troubled, restless, though he remains calm in the face of the chaos of youth.

Jai
Black, bright but troubled. He has the spirit that wants to fly but is too afraid, chained by his own insecurities of who he really is, where he comes from and what his worth is to anyone.

Murdoc
Christian's right hand though nothing he does is right or for the right reasons.

Russel
Even less his own self than Murdoc. It is not that Russel has no conscience it is that he has never been told he should pay attention to it.

A Collection of Poems

béte noire

you looked away from me

into my eyes

if you can understand why fire avoids rain
then you can understand

my pain

as your tear pierced my skin

when your face brushed mine

to say good-bye
now my neck burns

scarred where your mouth touched

leaving me breathless and dying

with a tortured thought of what might have been
had you not swayed

to avoid

the consequence

of my lips

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