Nikki St. Crowe

To all the girls who had to grow up hard and fast.

Maybe we’re all mad, in our own way.

To all the girls who had to grow up hard and fast.

I am dead inside.

Today is my 18th birthday and every Darling woman that has come before me has disappeared on this day.

“…there was a greedy look in his eyes now which ought to have alarmed her, but did not.”

- J. M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy

To all the girls who have broken and mended.

“If I stay in here much longer, Darling, I’ll be bending you over the edge of the tub and fucking you until your ribs are bruised.”

I straighten my shoulders. “Maybe I want that.”

“I don’t,” he says. “When I finally get my cock in that tight pussy, it will not be out of desperation. Clean up and get some rest.”

“Say it, Never King.”