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1955 – the beginning of it all

my mother thought my baby face

was the most beautiful she’d ever seen…

her friends and family said “How cute!”

my father… I don’t know if he was present, lol!

whatever I was perceived to be, by whomever,

most words said were blessings and were kind…

 

but other words were spoken over my life…

about me, about who the ones that spoke them

thought that I should be…

words that I had no control over,

words that wreaked havoc in my soul,

and caused a vortex

of misfortune that scarred and dented

whom I was truly meant to be…

words that still scar me

and play tricks on my mind

 

and now, in 2016,

it’s my turn to say my say with words

to make undone what words have caused:

and I say: no more!

no more will other people’s words

cause me to tumble out of balance

through the vastness of the universe

 

this is MY turn – and I say:

“This is THE END of their story…

The beginning of mine”

Antoinette LeRoux ©2016