The house erupted faster than it should, but that’s the trouble with dancing on somebody else’s hurt.
There are times you have legs. Mostly, you do not. You smile with teeth grown sharp from gnawing at chains that refuse to release.
Everything started when we were thirteen—young and learning to love the womanhood that our mothers forced upon us.
“The question of where you’re from is often met with eager anticipation to easily judge you.”