All I wanted was a little piece of life, to be married, to have children.... I was trying my damnedest to lead a conventional life, for that was how I was brought up, and it was what my husband wanted of me. But one can't build little white picket fences to keep the nightmares out.
Anne SextonGive me your skin as sheer as a cobweb, let me open it up and listen in and scoop out the dark.
Anne Sexton