It feels like just yesterday that I was warm and secure in my skin. Never knew anything till I met them. Somehow, what once protected me started to seem so far away. Confused I took in their opinions on top of my own skin. It was at that moment I begin to see a new beginning. Except it wasn’t light I endured but darkness all around me. Drowning in sadness, suffocating in secrets, choking on silence, somehow wishing I was dead. Trading my virtue for tiny pieces of love or care that never...

Depression was my best friend. We were entangled together like an intricate web spun in the finest silk. We spent every waking moment...