I guess I can be thankful
\nThat payphones are rare to come across
\nOne less reminder of the child that never got to be a child
\nIn photographs it doesn’t look like me
\nMy therapist pointed out that I say “it”
\nSo far removed from that little girl
\nCould be a stock photo in a frame<\/p>\n
I carry so much with me
\nFractured memories but some are sharper
\nThe darker ones seems to be the trend
\nMother shaking me awake
\nWe need to leave
\nNo time for shoes
\nClimb over the patio wall
\nGo quickly quietly don’t look back
\nIf anything happens run just run okay
\nMy bare feet on cold concrete felt like we walked for miles
\nGas station payphone you start to dial
\nI’m looking at you now<\/p>\n
Your face is all running mascara and blood
\nI don’t know what to do
\nYou don’t tell me what I should do
\nSo I go inside and get some napkins
\nClean your face up for you while you sob
\nWhile you find someone to pick us up
\nThat’s when the cycle started for me<\/p>\n
I learned that night that if
\nI don’t know what to do
\nI should just take care of someone
\nAnyone
\nA loophole to feeling helpless
\nConstantly of service
\nPatching up wounds so that I don’t notice
\nMy own<\/p>\n
My feet are cold but I have the urge
\nTo make someone else feel better<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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