Hamartia

by Scarlett Drake

I wasn’t even sure what this was because it’s big, you know? It’s really fucking big, mom. Maybe even blow-my-entire-life-up big and I’m not quite ready to do that yet. I’m scared, I guess. But he makes me feel like maybe the aftermath wouldn’t be bad at all. That what we’d be left with after the dust settled would be all I‘d need. Perfect, actually. I don’t think I’d need that much if I had him. He’s kind of everything…he’s enough. And I’d be enough too, you know?”