Angela Cooke
Stories (3/0)
Marigolds on the Cathedral Step
Sanity is fluid. We all want to believe that our minds will stay forever intact. Severe mental illness is something we hear about on the news, something that happens to other people, not to us. All too often, we don't realize how fragile our grasp on reality can be. Sometimes, mental illness can be brought on by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, such as abuse. Sometimes, all it takes is one major, terrible event to send us over the edge.
By Angela Cooke3 years ago in Fiction
Trapped
Fear is the most powerful motivator in the world. As an emotion, it bypasses logic, turning us back into the animals we really are. Since the dawn of civilization, fear has been used to divide us from each other, to turn groups of people into a concept instead of living, breathing humans just like us. The fear of the "others" has been used by governments for centuries. We are stronger together. Divided, we are weak. Make no mistake: our leaders know this, and they use it against us. If we're busy fighting each other, we won't unite against them.
By Angela Cooke3 years ago in Fiction