in another world, my name is coraline and i am 13 years old.

in another world, my name is coraline.

I'm only 13 and i go by 'cora' for short.

i havent experienced any true misogyny just yet, at least nothing of note. i dont know about adult life, and poverty, and the way friends seem to disappear. no one has told me im ugly or annoying just yet. i dont consider that they ever really could.

Im an artist. i paint pictures without much of a plan in mind. I write songs that arent very good, with a voice thats only just above average, yet still i perform whenever i have the chance to do so.

the fear of being ordinary is only an afterthought. nothing more than a passing little thing in an array of other mindless junk. i dont linger on it for even a second.

when someone does me a favour, i say thank you instead of im sorry. when someone looks me in the eye, i stare right back instead of flinching away. 

in another world my name is coraline. im 13 years old. i havent formed as a person just yet. but i have a promising start. i dont know what the future holds, but its sure to be anything other than this.