Miss Astro Spook

When I was in high school and dealing with depression in a creative mindset, I took a creative writing class that I was really excited for. The teacher ended up not fancying me or taking interest in my work and it was really plummeting in the self esteem department. One day we had a task where we all had to go around the room and read what we wrote. The task involved something that was illegal becoming legal and the effect and why you thought so. I was the weird, outcasted, obnoxious in her own way little goth girl so of course if I say anything out of the norm it’s ten times as weird. I thought up a really good, sane, intelligent argument on as to ‘if murder was legalized’ and when she called on me she refused to let me speak and made everyone in the room laugh at me and encouraged the girl next to me to move her seat away from me. She barely passed me and I stopped writing only to recently pick it up again in my early 20s. I discovered I loved it again and it’s a friendly reminder to myself to remind you people that even if a person of authority/inspiration knocks you out to get back up when the time feels right. Misunderstandings and miscommunication can do dangerous things so it’s important to talk things out/confront them even if it’s rough. Don’t be silent.