December 22, 2023

I am the one who’s using my voice.

I am the one whose primal screams break the silence and release what I should have said then.

But I was the one who was just a kid.

I am the one who’s slowly releasing what’s been frozen inside for 45 years—held tightly with control in constriction, rigidity and silence.

MAKE IT STOP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE!

I am the child who doesn’t belong here.

I am the the one who goes back in time and recreates the scenes to help myself now, rather than holding these burdens in my own system.

I am no longer the young one who is helpless.