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Even my sorrow about my insignificance feels insignificant.
There’s some hope for us.
I’m probably the most admired and least loved person in our class.
“No one’s meant to live forever,”
I imagine Kodiak and me immortalized this way, two boys who don’t know each other, taking each other’s pulse.
Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power.
the darkness outside
The truth, the physical reality of this world, still feels flimsy.
I’ll just have to trust him. Surprisingly enough, I feel ready to do that.
Without Kodiak’s steady presence, I might have run screaming away.
Despair might still kill you both, unless you find something to live for.
Not my type, but as a purely aesthetic object, he’s marvelous.
The darkness outside hums its outrage.
This lifetime is yours to make what you will of it.
He’s a stranger, a lover, and my life partner.
