Before I Let Go

by Marieke Nijkamp

We’ll build a bridge. A bridge between us.

“My mind is a stranger

I want medication that helps. I want my therapy sessions with Rowanne to be enough. I want my studies and my stories and our friendship to carry me through. I don’t want to need anything more.”

the nights without rest, but enough to make

“By embracing it. We must not deny our fear. We have to remember to be afraid. And we have to go on anyway.”