The Lost Girl
The Lost Girl
Everyday, someone tortures themselves relentlessly; although they may or may not truly believe their anguish to be self-inflicted. Some, superb pretenders (even to themselves), consider themselves perfectly fine, and erect an elaborate façade of not having a care in the world. Others can distinguish that they are not okay, but meet difficulty in voicing their concerns. Loved ones who recognize their struggles, often do nothing. It seems that in most cases, people are fearful because they do not know how to help. This apprehension causes a mental paralysis, and they watch their loved one suffer because they are terrified of making it worse. In Dino Buzzati's "The Falling Girl", the nineteen year-old central character Marta falls off the top of a building, and slowly she passes by many wanting her to stop and talk. But she does not or can not stop, and no one attempts to save her as she slowly slips farther away. I once knew a girl like this; we danced together.......
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