Life's A Cappella
by Smith, Yessi
I want to tell you how great my life was. How I lived without regrets. With constant laughter. Without any tears. I want to tell you how I lived each moment to the fullest. How each breath I took was fresh and full of life. With eagerness. Without any fear.
I want to tell you all of that, but then my story would be masked with lies and not worth telling.
My life didn’t start until I left my past. And I left everything. My mother, my friends, my name. Yes, my name. I will not tell you what my name used to be because it is irrelevant. That person never really existed.
My new name, the name everyone knows me by is Erin Lewis.
Fours years after leaving her hometown in Alabama, Erin is finally happy with where her life has led her. For the first time, she feels secure in her environment and the relationships she has formed. Before she can fully settle into her new life, her past begins to haunt her present. Angry and scared she pushes away the people who matter most to her, breaking the very foundation she has built her new life on.
I want to tell you all of that, but then my story would be masked with lies and not worth telling.
My life didn’t start until I left my past. And I left everything. My mother, my friends, my name. Yes, my name. I will not tell you what my name used to be because it is irrelevant. That person never really existed.
My new name, the name everyone knows me by is Erin Lewis.
Fours years after leaving her hometown in Alabama, Erin is finally happy with where her life has led her. For the first time, she feels secure in her environment and the relationships she has formed. Before she can fully settle into her new life, her past begins to haunt her present. Angry and scared she pushes away the people who matter most to her, breaking the very foundation she has built her new life on.