Reaching Out, Maura Calahan

wards as it is, Vex comes in with devil horns and a blood-stained dagger when my life has unicorns prancing over Skittle rainbows. When I’m in an endless land that offers no escape, Ava is my savior. It’s... an estranged relationship that makes me feel like I purposely ruin good moments because Vex is up to her shenanigans. However, if I were to tell my parents to fudge off I can’t say,“oh you guys know how Vex gets”. That’s the quickest way to make a parent mad, bewildered, and concerned at the same time. As many times as I see people post about how they thought about dropping a baby is evident enough that everyone has a Vex/Ava. Voices are just there--one can’t really turn the volume down or turn off the microphone in their mind. This just seems to emphasize that a person is going to have to choose wisely which voice they listen to. Choose your Vexatious thoughts, there’s the risks of those thoughts growing ruinous to the point of no return. Choose your Ava thoughts, you’re going down an eternal straight road with no turns or roundabouts.