I used to cosplay
As witches and elves
And renaissance wenches
And Pictish warriors
It was so much fun
To step out of my reality
And become someone else
To forget my troubles
To forget myself
Even for an hour
That I decided to take on
The most challenging cosplay
Of all:
An adult
But when my hour was up
I could not take the costume off
It seemed grafted to my skin
And now all people could see me as
Was this harrowing thing
With a job and loans and responsibilities
Why?
Why?
Why can’t I take this costume off?
Why can’t I be who I was before?
Someone please help me!
I don’t want to play adult anymore
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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