Leanneisme

I glanced at the bottle in my hand, hardly registering it was almost empty. The vodka had done absolutely nothing except leave a sour taste in my mouth. I threw the bottle as hard as I could, watching the glass shatter against the rocks.  Suddenly, I felt an intense pain in my abdomen. I curled up, pressing my lips shut. No good. The contents of my stomach spewed out across the sand. My mind went all clinical, noting there wasn't very much there.  I closed my eyes and tried not to focus on how much it hurt, but there was no ignoring it. I felt dizzy for a moment, then felt something lightly brushing my face. My eyes opened to a bl

I watched the sun sinking behind the buildings as I trudged through the streets. The wind had started to pick up, but I had forgotten to pick up my jacket on the way out. I listened to the birds as they chirped to their young in the nests, and tasted a fog building. Yeah, that sounds weird, but fog has a particular way of making itself known. I was on my way to see Frank, one of my close friends from my teen years. Jeez, they seemed so far away, but it was only a couple years ago. I had just endured my eighteenth birthday last month, miserable because my parents had gotten wind of my spending time with Frank. He was one of the people my pare