“Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.”
“Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.”
“Peeling off my skin / leaving just my eyes behind / You see inside my head / Still know that you are mine.”
“The city was dark except for the building lights that seemed to appear like sores - like bandaids had been ripped off to expose the city's skin.”
“Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.”
“I tried not to feel hurt. Here was my own dad,telling me he was sorry i'd been born.”