Failed Escape

He thought he’d made the right decision, moving away from the only place he’d ever known. He thought he could make a new life for himself, be the man he’d always seen himself to be, in a new place where no one knew him.

He even thought he could make a fulfilling relationship with her, although marriage had never been a real consideration before.

But now the walls seemed to be closing in on him. The dreams he’d tried to create had never quite materialized. It had almost worked, but he’d never been able to escape that one thing.

Himself.