Spilled-Secrets

1. i have a cactus named atticus that i bought on the day i thought i was going to die, and i never forget to water it, not even when i forget how it feels to breathe without my lungs rebelling against my brain. 2. sometimes talking feels like walking on gravel in a Georgian summer heat. i try to keep talking anyway, and hope that eventually my voice will lose its softness and grow calluses. 3. once, a man whistled at me outside of a grocery store from the safety of his car. four years later, i still haven’t stopped looking over my shoulder. 4. i drive too fast and i take turns too sharply and i never put enough sugar in my tea