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A Thanks.


It was sunny. 

Let's just start there for now. 

Describing the setting. 

It was sunny. 

The room was large, round. 

I spent time there on the rainy days. 

But today it was sunny. 

In the corner, there was the door. 

A smaller room. 

A private bedroom. 

Private. 

That room was dark. 

Or maybe I have simply made it dark in my memory. 

Even describing the setting is hard. 

I guess that's why I don't tell people. 

The memories are rough, pushed to the back of my mind, dark, stingy. 

Frightening. 

It's not as if I said no. 

I guess I didn't really understand. 

And I guess that's why, even after remembering, I was too scared to really call it was it was. 

Because I didn't say no. 

I was too young to say no. 

But I sure as hell didn't say yes. 

Last year, I learned an important lesson. 

Through the teachings of Laci Green, YouTube star, I learned that the absence of a no does not mean it is a yes. 

And I need to say thank you.

Because without that lesson. 

God knows where I would be.