I was born at the start of winter Seven months later my mother passed away Four months later my nightmare began She came to our house as a live-in nanny But her plans were …
HUNGER “You need to eat before you pass out. Hello? Missy? Why aren’t you eating? What's wrong with you?” …hurt hurt, hurt, HURT. Why should I eat, when they starved me for over a …
SARALIVES…ON **Trigger Warning** Never seeing a way out, Corrupted by the greatest enemy of all; …the inner me, "You piece of garbage, Who do you think you are? Why would anyone care for your …
The kitchen table In the house where I grew up Was wooden, cold and stained Came apart in the middle Like so many ruined meals And other realities hard to digest Silences which say …
The constant shame and self-judgement. The many times I tried to tell someone and froze. Feeling like I was a target for abuse to happen. What had I done to cause it? My innocence …
I look for codeine on the faces of boys, in the taste of thumbs wiping underneath my eyes, in the mattresses with three untucked corners and the stain of loneliness tattooed onto the hem …