This is Josey's story. I will let it speak for itself. Please read it, and please read other stories written by students enrolled in the Scriber Lake High School Writing Program, recently published in I'm Finally Awake: Young Authors Untangling Old Nightmares, stories of abuse, drug addiction, mental illness, and homelessness, stories that need to be told and heard and understood. These students are our children. Their stories are all that we are.

SHARDS OF GLASS

by Josey Lane Daniel

The ice cold water feels like shards of glass on my skin, causing my jaw to clench.

I swear they do that on purpose.