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“whenever i think about my mother and father. and the amount of cruelty i have ate at their hands. i remember that i am the best of them. and i am at peace. — redeem”

Healing Growing Abuse Neglect

Book:Nejma

Source: Nejma

“i want to keep our body above water. you want to make us a fish. — fish”

Love Growth Healing Abuse Drowning Sabotage

Book:Nejma

Source: Nejma

“when you allow that man. to walk through your children. plant his feet. in their veins. hold their voices. necks. bodies. inside his violence. you are no longer a mother. when you give him the key to that door. because you need to be loved by someone. you have seasoned them for the wolf. burned their childhood into a fantasy. it’s going to take a third of their lives. all the courage. from their cells to their hair. to learn the alchemetic formula that turns that kind of betrayal. a demothering. soft. liveable. – before you get that key made”

Poetry Abuse Mothers Fathers

Book:Salt

Source: Salt