i'll be a killer whale when i grow up.

I struggled to find words to name the feelings that flooded through me, but I had no words strong enough to hold them.

For a long moment, I drowned in them

We came to writing at an earlier age, from an urge to release a scream that had stuck in our throats. Then we worked on our screams until we thought they were something someone might want to hear.

— Stephen Elliot