Project Title: Family Portrait

By Brandi Donaldson

Vignette: The Unthinkable

In my room alone, I think about what I like and dislike about my life or me, and way to end it all – the suffering and the pity.

“You can’t end it all,” I tell myself. “It won’t help anything.”

“Of course it will,” I argue. “Nobody will have to worry about me ever again.”

“You think it’ll be so much better without you, don’t you?” I scream. “Well, it wouldn’t be! All the guys at school would miss you and so would your friends.
“My family will be better off without me,” I counter.

“No they won’t,” I scream in response.

“Maybe if I just tamper with it. . . “

“No!” I scream. “Something will end up happening. What you think will be better will actually happen. It’ll just destroy the ones you love.”