My teensy heart was begging for attention, for a way out of this pain.
\nWhat could I say to change your mind?
\nWhy was this happening to me?
\nStepping out of victimhood was not easy. I lacked experience in how to handle this.
\nMy brain was sadly small.<\/p>\n
i love you so much
\nyet you brutalize me.
\nContinually.<\/p>\n
I bury myself in your hair
\nAnd still you don\u2019t return my affection.
\nYou don\u2019t even acknowledge I am there.
\nI feel even smaller. And powerless.<\/p>\n
To prolong our joy and leave a legacy, I lay eggs and
\nfind human hands carrying me off to go on a scary voyage
\ndown a torrent of water
\nto my torturous death.<\/p>\n
\u201cI miss you, Fido!\u201c I scream. \u201cI will always love you.\u201d
\nYou don’t answer. Did you hear my cries?<\/p>\n
So, I make a choice and dive into the waterfall seeking solace.
\nOddly, drowning one\u2019s pain seemed to awaken the fire within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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