Elias stepped out. His hands shook as he knelt, but he focused on the : the boy was hurt, the wound needed cleaning, and Elias was the only one there. He used a damp cloth to gently rub away the dirt, watching the sanguineous —fresh, active—bleeding begin to slow.
The mirror in the hallway was a liar. It showed Elias a man with a steady hand and a clean shirt, but Elias knew the truth: there was a where his confidence used to be. Elias stepped out
For years, Elias lived as the . He avoided responsibility and stayed on the fringes of other people's lives, terrified that if anyone depended on him, he would fail them again. This was his weakness , an organic outgrowth of his pain that hindered his progress. The mirror in the hallway was a liar
The following story explores the concept of an emotional wound and its eventual transformation into a scar. He avoided responsibility and stayed on the fringes