rock(ed my) bottom
“It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.” - Caroline Knapp
Note: This piece is taken from the beginning of my graduate thesis, a book proposal, written for and at the University of Southern California.
I was jolted awake by a loud crash. No—not a crash. Something shattered. Broken glass, I thought.
I rolled over and groaned when I saw what I’d inadvertently done while awaken…


