Photography: Tina Eisen. Twitter: Tina_Eisen Kya - WoW #3238
My name is Kya and I was born with two differently colored eyes. They call it Heterochromia Iridum or, as the doctor put it: a singularity.
Go explain that to a bunch of fourth graders. To them, I was the freak. Or the witch.
High school wasn’t any better. I soon learned that there’s another meaning to singularity: being single. And I’m not just talking about holding hands with someone else- singularity meant being completely alone. And as any other outcast, I started to feel sorry for myself. That was the beginning to the very dark thoughts that became my only company. My grandmother saved my life. Grandma is a true warrior. She fought all her life; for her rights, to survive, to eat, and to make sure that her kids- my mom and Uncle Joe- had a better chance than her. One day, when I was sixteen or seventeen, she came to visit. [...]
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Kya - WoW #3238
My name is Kya and I was born with two differently colored eyes. They call it Heterochromia Iridum or, as the doctor put it: a singularity.
Go explain that to a bunch of fourth graders. To them, I was the freak. Or the witch.
High school wasn’t any better. I soon learned that there’s another meaning to singularity: being single. And I’m not just talking about holding hands with someone else- singularity meant being completely alone. And as any other outcast, I started to feel sorry for myself. That was the beginning to the very dark thoughts that became my only company.
My grandmother saved my life. Grandma is a true warrior. She fought all her life; for her rights, to survive, to eat, and to make sure that her kids- my mom and Uncle Joe- had a better chance than her.
One day, when I was sixteen or seventeen, she came to visit.
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