There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him

his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.

Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But we're out there. Trust me.

I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.