I know my head isn’t screwed on straight. I want to
leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess
everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else.
There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of
my ribs. Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me.
My closest is a good thing, a quiet place that helps me hold these
thoughts inside my head where no one can hear them.
—
Laurie Halse Anderson