Most of us are prisoners of our own minds, and now we are prisoners in our physical world as well. The thing about being locked up is that it’s almost impossible to straighten out one’s mind. We’re supposed to fix our heads in here, and learn coping skills for out there. They tell us we have to be here, held against our will until they believe we are better. What is supposed to take place here? I’m not sure, but am well aware of the process. Being locked up can make one crazy, yet we were crazy before we came here. Being locked up can do strange things to a young person. Her craziness and wildness gets to us, and affects our own mental illness. What happened to her? Where did she come from? What is her life like outside of this institution? I believe none of us will get close enough to her, to find out. She definitely babbles and hallucinates, and then other times she’s quite normal and pleasant. I think she’s schizophrenic, but I’m not positive. We are sitting right beside her, because we are like her. A message to all of us: that we are here too. The impact from running and hurling herself into the doors knocked her back a few feet where she now lay, limp and convulsing on the floor. We all breathed in, and held our breaths, as we watched her like a little bird that flew into the window, stunned and shocked from the brutal interruption of a mindless flight. Bam, right into the big sealed, locked double doors that lead to the rest of the hospital. The new girl, she’s more crazy than all of us combined.ĭuring our afternoon group session, when Jose was telling us about his passive aggression and his mother, she just bolted out of her chair, and ran as fast as she could without saying a word. I can tell, because I find myself walking with my back facing the walls when I’m passing by her in the hallway or in the great room. Here’s a sneak peek, and this stunning new story from the twisted and romantic mind of Danielle Rohr!

We are thrilled in the anticipation of Danielle Rohr’s latest book : Water Falls Down, which is suspected to publish in Early August.

Water Falls Down by Danielle Rohr