By Anonymous From when I was a young child, I remember feeling like I was a burden and a problem. I felt like there was something inherently wrong with me and didn’t know how to understand what I was feeling. I grew up in a chaotic home life where there was a lot of aggression …
If you placed a mirror in front of meI would not know whose face looked back at meI would not know whose eyes are looking so emptyWhose mouth is so downturnedIf you placed a mirror in front of meI’d wonder why the reflection looked so far awayI’d reach my hand into shattered glass to try …
Part 1: In 2017 we found out I was expecting mo/di (identical) twins. It was a shock! I started going in for ultrasounds every other week, which then turned into every week. At my 32.5 week ultrasound my doctor asked me if they gave me steroids because she was kind of surprised everything looked so …
You took away from me more than you thought.
You embedded in me horror I’ll never forget.
You pushed through me more than sex.
You told me things that made me grow old.
I hate you.
But I’d never be me without you.
And that’s a scary thought…
