My family makes me feel like a ocean
Only beautiful only enjoyable
When I'm watered down
-growing up with ADHD—————————————————————-
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowningIt's sudden it hits me like a wave shoving me underwater
I'm trying to breath
Trying to swimBut I'm stuck
Sometimes my body feels heavy
But empty at the same time
Like I'm carrying the weight
Of everything I lostSometimes all I can bring myself to do is sit under my desk and stare into nothing
I don't want to write
I don't want to talk
I don't want a hug
I want to not exist for even just a momentI want to scream, scream as loud as I can punch the wall smash some glass
So you can see
How much damage you have caused
———————————————————-I don't feel like me anymore
I feel like the kid you assaulted
And nothing moreSometimes breathing reminds me of you
Cause we both breatheI can't escape it
I never canI've tried
I've sprintedBut I can't get away from it
Because u won't fucking admit it—————————————————————-
Merry Christmas
I hope you have an excellent time at my grandparents house20 minutes away from me
23 kilometres distance
Between me and the hands that wrongfully stole my innocentsI know you have to be thinking of me
My pictures are up at your parents house
I'm unavoidable
I hope all you get for Christmas is overwhelming
Inescapable
GuiltFor turning a sweet kid into a problem
An annoying
A depressed
A mentally I'll
A unfocused
Problematic
Lazy
Lifeless
Corpse that's somehow walkingI hate who I am
I love who I could have beenIf you didn't mold my mind with knives
Instead of gentle hands—————————————————————-
I wonder who I would have been
If you didn't push me on a diffrent track
I was athletic
I was in dance and sports
I was smart I had wonderful grades
I was mostly well likedYes I'm comparing myself to someone not even in second grade
Cause I was on the right track
Although I endured trauma I forgot what it wasI wonder who I would have been if you didn't mold me into a different person every holiday when your hands touched me instead of Christmas presents
I wonder who I would have been if you didn't fuck up my development
If I hadent spent middle years in hospital
If I didn't have to fight to simply live
If I didn't have to ghost my familyIf I wasn't mentally I'll
If I didn't have adhd
If I was everything I could have been
Before I was molested as a kid
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Words Of Silence
PoetryFor so long I was scared to tell anyone, to go against my abuser and speak up. In this poetry book Sarah is done living silent and is documenting their healing process: the ugly, the angry, the messy, the joy, love after trauma and everything in-bet...