It landed on the skin of my back hard and painful, just how I like it.

I could feel the burn as it tore through my flesh.

My head, ringing with pain.

One that echoed around my head.

Yet, it was what I needed to repent.

So I continued.

More memories poured through my mind like a damp.

And for every one of them.

For every hurt I have caused her, I punished myself.

Just like I have always done.

The pain was nothing compared to what I did to her.

But I needed to pay.

I needed to pay for my stupidity.

I needed to pay for every tear...