Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy

Maybe it’s just our lot to suffer.

“But why do we always have to survive so much, Reid?”

Movement is movement, no matter how small or how achieved. She points herself forward and moves.

there is no moving on. Only moving forward. You don’t actually leave anything behind. You carry it with you. That’s why the process of healing can feel so slow: you’re carrying more weight now.