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“Pick your favourite three movies and tell me what you think.”

“ I made you a mixtape. I hope you like it.”

“Dear paper, dear pencil. You are saving me. My mind gets so crowded and I am so alone. But once I can translate the things in my head…and see them on paper I am myself again. I can feel the world around me. You are as light as air but carry the weight of my world. Thank you.”

“I would stay here forever if I could. Bask in the feeling of my mum… To be eternally in her lair. I know I won’t have her for forever. One day she will be gone. Her joy, her rage, her criticism, her intensity and even her love. Love that cures and love that crumbles me.”

“Even though you are right next to me it’s like you are already gone. I am holding your hand. We are drinking stale coffee late at night. I am writing your note. If I put you on paper, turn you into a drawing, I will never lose you. You will never die. You are a mist. A fog. My arm brushes through you as I nudge you to look at something funny.”

“Somethings are not as simple as warm or cold. Some things in life are hot and cold and overwhelming and absent all at the same time.”

“And just like that the world is back to normal. I knew right away that we were fine. And always would be fine. Like warm sun on your face when you have been cold.”

“Ugh I don’t want to go to lunch. I don’t want to see anyone…take me to a new home. I’ve messed everything up. They are all mad at me.”

“Today the wind followed me through the hallway and settled at my feet. To be honest, I’d stay here all day if that wasn’t weird. The murmuring of other kids, yelling, hugging, whispering. Lockers opening and slamming shut. Books dropped and shoved into backpacks…I know I will miss these sounds, this white noise…when I am back in the quiet uncertainty of home.”