That was the first time she learned that she had to set herself on fire to make other people happy.

When the sun came back/ I was a full tree/with all the room in the desert to grow,

I hope when they take my picture/I am filtered with bright exposure

She leaped from her window and became a swarm of bats.

A story from The Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem. Written by Joshua Chizoma. Read by Amanda.