I Can Be a Better You

by Tarryn Fisher

When you live in your own head all the time, things contort. You have to voice your thoughts so you can know you’re not the only one who’s fucked up. It makes a big difference to know that.”

We were products of our earliest experiences, replicating the ways we were taught to love, and fuck, and interact with humanity. Some of us broke free of our pasts; some of us weren’t that clever.

I was selfish that way, wanting people to bend and give me the love I needed, not necessarily the love they knew how to give.