-abbisecraa- Abbi Secraa -aka Nelono- 13 Huge B... | Full

Abbi woke to the sound of her own bones humming. Not cracking— humming , like tuning forks buried in her marrow. Her bedroom mirror was no longer a mirror. It was a vertical wound, and through it stepped a creature that wore the shape of a child but had the eyes of a ledger.

Abbi tried to scream. Her throat closed like a fist. -Abbisecraa- Abbi Secraa -aka Nelono- 13 HUGE B...

Abbi—Nelono—looked up with eyes that had too many pupils. “You don’t close a wound,” she said. “You learn to bleed.” Abbi woke to the sound of her own bones humming

Abbi looked at the town outside the freezer’s small window. The sun was actually breaking through the marsh fog for once. Her mother was walking home from the cannery, shoulders less heavy. Lina was searching for her, calling her name. It was a vertical wound, and through it

The battle was with herself.

Abbi decided to fight.

“I’m not broken,” Abbi said. Her voice was thirteen years old and ancient as stone. “I’m shaped . Like a bowl. A bowl isn’t broken because it holds soup.”