In a way, wishing things ‘could’ be different, conversations

feeling ‘invaded,’ keep going, breathe, things do change, slowly, moving through

sarcasm, TTPD-inspired, a real tough kid, poetically speaking, reality cheating, thinking out loud

barriers to medical treatment, out of joint, discombobulated, hurt, alone, isolating myself, independence, self-sufficiency

Her body and soul reacted, naturally