Delira has been saying to her family for too long that her boyfriend, Jace, is real. They refuse to believe that her and accuse her of being delusional. But Delira knows that Jace is too real to be an illusion. As the colors of the leaves change and the weather gets colder, Delira begins to remember things she had forgotten long ago; reasons why her friends no longer spoke to her, and why her family was always keeping her home to protect her. Jace tells her to remember what she has suppressed in her memory. However, some things are better left in the past. As Delira's past begins to catch up...

mas.och.ism noun ma-s-ki-zm, ma-z- also ma-: enjoyment of pain: pleasure that someone gets from being abused or hurt; especially: sexual enjoyment from being hurt or punished Masochism is a special kind of word for a special kind of person. The person that presses on the bruise, licks off the blood and looks for the hurt. It's the way words can crawl into our souls, and the teeth that can dig into our flesh. Love and pain go hand-in-hand. Some of us just embrace that notion more than others. A collection of drabbles, short poems and one liners. All explaining what it means to love pain and...