Elizabeth Scott
Elizabeth Scott
lying knows
But I know a lie when I hear one.
girl lying thinking
What had been became what was and a story only works when you know the ending. When the people in it don’t seem like pretend. When you can think about that girl and how she was once upon a time, and see her. When you don’t already know the story is a lie.
lying want benches
I want to lie down on the bench then, or better yet, on the grass, rest on something living and see if I can hear the dead underneath.
easy home judgment side town
It's real easy for someone on the other side of town to make a judgment call, but this is my home and it has been for 36 years.
call phone
There's never been a sign, there's never been a letter. The only phone call they got was from me.
almost city known manager mayor project voted yes
This council, this mayor and the city manager has known about this project for almost to years. They had already voted yes on it.
alex award beautiful butterfly enduring funeral grace life released serve since spoke tribute
Shortly before she died, Alex spoke to us about butterflies, and we released them at her funeral as a beautiful tribute to her life. Since then, the butterfly has come to symbolize Alex, her life and her work. The Alexandra Scott Butterfly Award will serve as an enduring tribute to her memory, and we congratulate Grace as this year's winner.
hurt feelings hurt-feelings
I'd forgotten how much feelings hurt.
long stories forgotten
She became a story, one I have mostly forgotten. One I can't end because she died a long time ago.
matter firsts stills
I liked him first, but it doesn't matter. I still like him. That doesn't matter either. Or at least, it's not supposed to.
thinking want taste
I don't know how I know that, but I do. I can feel the beat of that truth inside me. Taste it bitter on my tongue. Sometimes, like now, I didn't think I want to know who I really am.
sweet pain heart
He's looking at me as if the whole world waits for my next breath, with an intensity that makes my heart pound and my palms sweat and then he smiles, a sweet curve of his mouth, and my breath catches, but then I freeze because there is something about it, something beyond it that I know, that makes my mind go blank with fear and pain.
hurt uncertain understood
And now I see what has been there all along, what I've noticed but never truly understood until now. Eli is as uncertain as I am, as we all are. Life has surprised him like it has me. Has hurt him like it has me.
heart kissing want
Because I-I'm someone who wants to kiss you. Be with you." Eli says as if it is obvious, as if I know what is written on his heart.