The dark, silent bleakness of depression crushes me, as it always does, burying me under its massive form. Those who love and cherish me dig and dig and dig, always searching, never giving up, none of them willing to abandon me.

If only I were able to care as much.

Gina Giannetti is a writer-in-training looking to add the ideas swirling around in her head to the world of fantasy fiction. She lives on Long Island and is an administrative assistant by day.