content warning: talkin about emotional abuse<\/p>\n
It builds slowly.
\nA steady incline.
\nOne moment:
\neverything’s fine.
\nThen, suddenly,
\nlike shattered glass on the floor,
\nyou’re left with questions,
\nno answers,
\nand a world you don’t know anymore.<\/p>\n
No self-discovery could have prepared you for this:
\nmarks on your heart,
\nnot the shape of his fist.
\nThere’s hesitation,
\nand doubt,
\nand so much regret.
\nYou want to move forward;
\nyou want to say ‘not yet’.<\/p>\n
When the dialogue opens,
\nyou’re not sure what to say.
\nDid you imagine it all?
\nCan you make it go away?
\nThe tree remembers;
\nthe axe forgets.
\nYou try to move on,
\nbut you’re held back.
\nDo you call it quits?<\/p>\n
The story most people
\nthink of, around you,
\nis not the story that is
\nmost honestly true.
\nTruth is subjective,
\nyou’ve learned that in fact,
\nand when you look in the mirror,
\nyou see what you lack.<\/p>\n
If you are just watching
\nshadows on walls,
\nthen how can you know
\nanything’s real at all?<\/p>\n
And the people who hurt you,
\nthey get away scott-free.
\nBecause nobody listens
\nand they don’t have to think
\nabout the damage they caused you,
\nabout how you sink.<\/p>\n
So you take duct tape
\ntogether with glue
\nand try to piece together
\nthe more-broken you.
\nSomewhere in distance,
\nyou’ll find you’re okay.
\nNothing lasts forever.
\nNothing stays the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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