Crazy.

If I had to use one word
to sum up my life now,
that's what it would be.

Insane,

pure and simple. Here
I try to do the right thing,
attempt to be one of the

heroes.

What does it get me?
A life tossed into turmoil,
any pretense of stability
shattered. It takes

super-

human strength to get
through the day when
evening might bring pain

or

worse, love, only to have
that love stolen away.
I hold on tight to my heart,

otherwise

it might get broken into
tiny little pieces. Taking
a chance on that would
mean you definitely

have to be crazy.

- Fallout, Ellen Hopkins, pg195