Status Updates From Such Times

“Does he own himself so completely, every ounce, every breath? Is every heartbeat his, every brain wave, every synapse?…Isn’t there a part of him that was mine, an inch of skin, some particle that he had no right to take…Didn’t he think for a minute, for one instant, that he is part of me and that by killing himself, or trying to, or even just by wanting to, he is taking a part of my life with him?”😭