Prompt: 4 words, 4 sentences, for a total of 16 sentences (guilt, joy, fear, love)

I feel guilty, because I didn’t grow up fast enough. I could blame that on anyone and thing, but myself — but why? Looking into your eyes, you weren’t crying anymore, and I felt guilty, because I don’t like goodbyes. Even though I’d come to terms with endings — so I thought — but I guess I was wrong.

Smiles escape him, usually. However, joy is a state of being that exists in the…