C16 SIXTEEN

Grief Shows Much of Love

ROSE

Some grief shows much of love,

But much of grief shows still some want of wit.

— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

HIS BODY PRESSED against mine as he mimicked an attacker coming up behind me. I did as instructed. Instead of fighting him, I went against instinct and let my body go limp, so as to surprise him, but my body just wouldn't fully relax