Alex.J.Cobalt

To be vulnerable is to pull back your rib cage and reveal your beating heart beneath it. To show your true self with every facet of pain and anguish that lies within it.

It is to be fearful of acceptance, and then ripping apart your ribs anyway. It is the shameless statement of this is who I am.

It can be a moment of power, of choice, but other times it is coincidence. It is the breaking of your final barrier, the crumbling of your fucks to give, and the façade falls. In that moment, you don’t care who sees your heart or your pain or your anguish, but you just have to release it.

To be vulnerable is to show up for the next day, knowing your secrets have been spilled and to trust those you love keep them, respect them. Love you anyway.

It is the true mark of bravery to be vulnerable.

• Traits of a Turned
  “You don’t understand me” he said, head in his hands, “you can’t see inside my head.” Amily sighed at her brother. He was in a sorry state, not that she would tell him that. Bandaged … More Traits of a Turned
• Solitary Confinement (Stories on a Theme – “Isolate”)
  “Can I sit?” Yanet looked up from her lunch. The woman, a newbie by the yellow stripes on her arms, stood with her tray of food. She had her newly issued cropped haircut, her curly … More Solitary Confinement (Stories on a Theme – “Isolate”)
• Under the Arches (Teacup Story)
  “Do you have it?” Lauren nodded, hand still tucked inside her jacket. It might not seem much, this little tin box full of blue powder, but it was going to change the world. Their world. … More Under the Arches (Teacup Story)
• The Lost Exhibit (A Teacup Story)
  “Do you have it?” a female voice said from the shadows. James shuffled on his feet, feeling the weight of the small statute in his pocket. It had taken him months to track it down, … More The Lost Exhibit (A Teacup Story)
• The Appointment (Teacup Story – Flash Fiction)
  “So,” the Manager said, “I believe we have an appointment.” Chela smiled, thinly at the Manager. No one knew her name, her real name. It was just The Manager, who had been running the establishment … More The Appointment (Teacup Story – Flash Fiction)
• Flash Fiction – End of Times (A Teacup Story)
  Bethes sighed as he breathed in the steam from the bowl in front of him. Every time he said it would be the last time, but then it happened again. And again. And again. Bethes … More Flash Fiction – End of Times (A Teacup Story)