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My sonstares at my scalpthe way you might lookat a storm cloud thatshouldn’t be thereon a summer day. He says it softly,like a secret folded in two—“Mom, can you wear your wigwhen we go out?” Not because he’s ashamed.But because he knowsthe world doesn’t hold gentlethe way he…
These days… sleep slips through my fingers. Muscle aches feel as constant as the breath in my lungs. I still catch glimpses of a stranger in the mirror—shorter hair now, a harsh reminder of the prayers I whispered just to keep it. These days… exhaustion feels like my…