A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
I am 21 years old, I work at a sandwich place and I teach at a local community center on the weekends.
Hey, this is me talking to you. I am important: I hold your head and protect your spinal cord.
I found something decaying when I cut myself open, unreadable prints and shapeless body.
I bled like ink through paper Painted over watercolour Every season, same reason Leaving phantoms, pink fusion
You were a girl on Venus Held my hand through the hallway, then the exit of our School, then to the Venue with our dresses I said, “But I’m promised to a Man down on Earth,” Then I knew.
But like the sun, there is Something elevating About the depression Some perspective above.