Beta Meets Alpha, Never, and Pages

BETA MEETS ALPHA

BY LINDSEY SERVIN

A white mustang in a purple haze. When Beta met Alpha, it set him ablaze. A panther with passion, pride and principle. Captured his heart with only a gaze. Her song. Her dance. Bemused him into a daze. Pleasure. Then Pain. All just a phase. Tether her. Tame her. A sundry of ways. She softened. She surrendered. A brief malaise. Try as he might. For that, due praise. But he could never alter her recalcitrant ways.

NEVER

BY LINDSEY SERVIN, 2019

What if she never hurt? Never cried? Never fell apart? What if she never felt the sting of rejection? Never looked longingly out the window for one who would never return? What if she never broke? Never regretted words spewed in anger? What if she never failed nor faltered? Never felt insecure, unsure or afraid? What if she never crashed? Never burned inside with rage? What if she never felt betrayal so deep she wished for death? Never felt empty? Invisible? What if she never felt forgotten? Never felt abandoned or insignificant? Well, my dear, then I’d say she never tried. Never loved. Never lived.

PAGES

BY LINDSEY SERVIN

These pages are her sacred space. Her refuge. Her retreat. Her hiding place. They hold her dreams. Her secrets. Her truths. Her lies. These pages are the place where her soul goes to cry. What started out as a young girl’s diary Is now a woman’s raw and readable history. Her story. Herstory. My story.

The journey of the battles she’s won and the wars she’s fought. The details of the life she’s lived and the loves she’s lost. These pages house the hurt. The healing.

And everything in between. They capture the pain. The pride. The laughter and tears shared with those who remain with her and those who’ve died. These pages are her sacred space. Where she goes to bury those fears she’s yet to face. Her worries. Her wants. Her sanctuary. Her story. Herstory. My story. These pages are her endless scroll. Of the life she’s lived and the life she’s living. These pages, one day to be released. With no holds barred. Will share the stories of those who’ve helped her mend. And those who’ve left her scarred. An uncensored mentioning of names. And no effort made to save face. No consideration given. To those who feel entitled to her grace. When the last thread is clipped, These pages will be printed.

And all will be revealed of all the things she’s hinted. Her story. Herstory. My

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