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i closed my eyes and when i opened them again, suddenly autumn wasn’t wrapped around me anymore. replacing its protection was ice on my eyelashes and snow escaping with my breath. i don’t know how to be this new person. confusion is tattooed on my temples, a constant pounding headache. i tried to not let it get this way. but instead of staying at home and wrapping myself in a blanket and drinking my sorrows away in coffee, i run away and hide in an old, cheap apartment on the second story. the floor creaks as i walk on the stained carpet but i’d rather curl up under blankets next to someone who doesn’t love me than t

i closed my eyes and when i opened them again, suddenly autumn wasn’t wrapped around me anymore. replacing its protection was ice on my eyelashes and snow escaping with my breath. i don’t know how to be this new person. confusion is tattooed on my temples, a constant pounding headache. i tried to not let it get this way. but instead of staying at home and wrapping myself in a blanket and drinking my sorrows away in coffee, i run away and hide in an old, cheap apartment on the second story. the floor creaks as i walk on the stained carpet but i’d rather curl up under blankets next to someone who doesn’t love me than t

Caleb    Supper went by slowly and I sat there miserably, picking at my food until it was finally over.  I didn't eat a lot and by the end everyone had forgotten anyway and so I dumped a bunch of my food in the trash and retreated to my room for the rest of the night.  I looked out the window, sighing and right as I got to my room I began my anxious pacing again.  I'd sat still at the table for an hour, listening to the life of my siblings told in what seemed to be the most annoying voices I could ever hear.  It was a relief to be in my room alone again but I was uneasy and I didn't want to stay here.    Leaving my homework still sitting i