Out in the fields, the fog was dense, and the stars were bright. There was no trace of the city leaking into the air, compromising the brightness of the sky or the wetness of the ground. It was just the untouched earth, the natural rolls and dips of the grass, the open sky. My breath spilled out behind the scarf that was suffocating my head, leaving a wet feeling on my warm skin; trapped air with nowhere to go. I was tired, ready to crawl back into my bed and sleep until the scent of coffee...

I have discovered that the one person that I perpetually lie to is myself. I didn’t realize this until I was seventeen. A lie: “Yes, mom. I ate breakfast before school. Promise.” Another lie: “I am fine. You are fine.” I told myself in the bathroom mirror. It became very apparent that my body weight was rapidly making its way down to zero. Very apparent to everyone except for me. I didn’t know it was that bad. That I looked that bad. I knew of the issues inside of my head, that took up...