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When it’s my turn to stand in the fire, I will not call myself a soldier. I will proudly say that yes, I am a girl, yes, I am young— I am human and you are setting me alight. I have worn this armor all my life and it matters not...

Mother, I’m sorry, but the instant I was born a girl I had one foot in the grave and I couldn’t let my sisters suffer alone. Mother, I know I’m in the dark, and I know you are afraid, but I am learning what it...

Would you, I want to ask, would you follow me into the dark? Into the endless night and the nothing to follow, to make sure I had a hand to hold in case I felt afraid? If I fought you tooth and nail, would you listen to me or...

and I’ll bleed wine and— well, I don’t know if it will be shadows or starlight. Maybe the dust and gases that nebulae are made from, unassuming alone, but with the power to create or destroy. My tears would track acid down my...