The part where Roxie curls up on the floor just wrecked me. That closing monologue about looking forward to sleep, to when everything is finally "black and white," is so painfully honest and beautiful. This piece has such a raw, quiet kind of courage to it. Absolutely obsessed. :)))

𝐇𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞,𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲,𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧.𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞:ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏʀᴅ ɪꜱʟᴀɢʀᴀᴄᴇ_𝟮𝟰𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲,𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞.𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞