I know this feeling all too well, the stabbing in my gut, the empty hole that fills my chest, the overwhelming shaking that takes over my body…. I don't like how familiar I am with it, how I know it better than I know myself. For it brings the same things every time, shaking, sobs that make my whole body ache with the overpowering, controlling sadness and reality. How it never calls, just shows up in my doorway and the worst part is I let it in every time. Greet it like it's an old friend and wait for the attack, the wave, the ambush, never fighting back, for I am too weak to beat it, too vulnerable, gullible and forgiving. I will never