Susie Unshine

April 27, 1994 The days slowly collide. I feel trapped. They wrapped me in a cellophane coating. It’s grown more difficult to breath. I am seeing stars now. They are so beautiful. They glimmer in pinks and greens. Suffocating in this world of beauty and of love, my emotions wage war against each other. They deny each other; they deny themselves. I deny myself. I wish I could rise above it all and join forces with the wind, let it carry me across the world. Take me to the places I would love, the places I now fear, the unknown. Love me. All that there is left. An uncontrollable longing.…