You are the light in the room, and I never wanted you to find out that I was the darkness that loomed over your life. The enemy you’ve sought after and claimed to hate enough to kill. I can’t blame the light for wanting to destroy the darkness that has forever become a jinx to them.

The Night your loved one died, I was there.

The Night your beloved died, I was there.

The Night you found yourse...

I was friends with these people. They made cruel jokes. Jackson continued to demonstrate how his brother on the spectrum walked and talked, I stared at him but said nothing. We were friends after all, and everyone else was laughing. Was it funny? I picked at my own skin as my lips curled into the fakest smile and I chuckled a bit to fit in. I glanced to Mr. Smith, our English teacher. He had a fro...