Hopeless

“Fuck all the firsts, Sky.
The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers.”

Daddy also says that mommy would be sad if I stop taking his presents because she’s not here to take his presents anymore.

“Good,” he says. He reaches his hand out on the concrete between us and wraps his pinky around mine.

I just have to look up and it’ll be there no matter what...

I was conveniently “adopted” from out of the country and obtained my citizenship when I was seven.

We cry mother to daughter. We cry aunt to niece. We cry victim to victim. We cry survivor to survivor.

but the fact that Karen took me away from my father only led to what happened to Lesslie.

You could ask me a little more politely, you know.

Well, I want you on it

When you become mine,