I Hate You." I Love

There Are Rules You Follow Here Not Because You Want To, But Because You Have To.

You Know . . . A Lot Of Kids At School Hate Their Parents. Some Of Them Got Hit. And Some Of Them Got Caught In The Middle Of Wrong Lives. Some Of Them Were Trophies For Their Parents To Show The Neighbors Like Ribbons Or Gold Stars. And Some Of Them Just Wanted To Drink In Peace.

I Wanted To Laugh. Or Maybe Get Mad. Or Maybe Shrug At How Strange Everyone Was, Especially Me.

My Dad Said I Did The Right Thing. I Hope I Did, But It's Hard To Tell Sometimes.

To Tell You The Truth, I've Just Been Avoiding Everything.