
They say life is a blessing.
But I've watched blessings rot before they bloom.13Please respect copyright.PENANAwpjyEeOdio
I've seen mothers sleep through their children's breaking.13Please respect copyright.PENANA40WYbPJFrW
I've seen girls learn silence before they learn to write.13Please respect copyright.PENANAedSY3xjDkM
I've seen sisters cry into cracked mirrors, wiping blood off their smiles before school.
So no—
This life isn't kind.13Please respect copyright.PENANABXY0gEwFww
This life doesn't give.13Please respect copyright.PENANAoBRSXMpwa0
This life takes, and takes, and takes...13Please respect copyright.PENANAHxjPcJzxkD
Until you have nothing left to lose.
And when you finally start to run,13Please respect copyright.PENANARDidmzvTpH
when you finally learn to breathe outside the wreckage,
the past doesn't let you.
It follows you.13Please respect copyright.PENANAfWGXRCL9C2
In the smell of your coat.13Please respect copyright.PENANA9gXEEGWMy1
In the pause before a song.13Please respect copyright.PENANA75THkACiiw
In a child's scream that sounds just like the one you buried years ago.
I didn't ask for this life.
But it's the only one I've got.13Please respect copyright.PENANAWwTkv7W7E5
So I'll carry it.13Please respect copyright.PENANAj9tS5A3zcJ
On tired shoulders.13Please respect copyright.PENANA8irwJxlJom
With shaking hands.
And if it refuses to be grateful for me—13Please respect copyright.PENANAqbQyRGm7wl
I won't beg.
I'll survive it anyway.13Please respect copyright.PENANAQayorkcLwb
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