and not being able to make it to the end
without crying.

but oh, what it was to me.
a boy from the city

to’ve found a safe place
to get to know love,
pain, sorrow, and joy

like before i cut myself
when i only knew its whispers.

everyone has a thing
that changes everything.

someone i once knew
introduced me to mine

but everyone here already seems to know as much.

my classmate even rolled her eyes
when i said,

in blackwater woods