A night spent on my mother’s grave, This place, a haven of late. I feel the soil’s texture through my torn shirt, My dry blood
Once upon a time, In a young girl’s heart, Cheer and warmth abounded. Such lightness, such openness; A shield from every outside threat. In due
Look at me, do I look whole? Mom thinks I’m broken, But I’m not just broken, I’m also battered, And I can’t fix myself. Physically
There are days that I dare to dream otherwise, Of what a home would be for me and mine, Of how I would fill it
Before my whole being gives up the fight Before my arms grow weary of holding you Before my ears find your voice unknown to me
A girl. A child. A daughter. A human, perhaps, But all you saw was a toughest man in there, When all I wanted to be