they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,102Please respect copyright.PENANAZOtiMx9XpS
all in the same breath with no hesitation.102Please respect copyright.PENANAuP8kXCFsod
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later102Please respect copyright.PENANADfuAeeakRs
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.102Please respect copyright.PENANAbVXk9RUoZE
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they repeat the same mantra over and over,102Please respect copyright.PENANAMYnBjoIqUr
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s102Please respect copyright.PENANAIT7tObZEB1
but in the end they still withhold dinner,102Please respect copyright.PENANAzbTAs3HCox
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.102Please respect copyright.PENANA8AXjtKD5nE
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and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals102Please respect copyright.PENANACJhmuNmG7a
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.102Please respect copyright.PENANAkO6nOByo4e
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch102Please respect copyright.PENANA8vJg3LkOoG
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.102Please respect copyright.PENANARtVhf1o821
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bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,102Please respect copyright.PENANA2ywsXY5VUx
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.102Please respect copyright.PENANAoTcWDuTuEb
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief102Please respect copyright.PENANAoGtmHYfFXr
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.102Please respect copyright.PENANASYnIscFggR
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they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",102Please respect copyright.PENANA1S32jrHoE6
said it was all mental and to just stop102Please respect copyright.PENANAsnKlCzo8m1
but it was habits formed out of pent up102Please respect copyright.PENANA4LH2qlf9D3
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.102Please respect copyright.PENANAuswr5bhGaP
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they said it was all in my mind,102Please respect copyright.PENANAPst7Twm5ez
the anxiety, the stress.102Please respect copyright.PENANA7rOPNR4z0N
that i had a happy, loving family102Please respect copyright.PENANA4mGMx1F2zV
and i was perfectly fine.102Please respect copyright.PENANA0f90UXyBCi
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i'm not.102Please respect copyright.PENANASuFWVsxF2G
i'm drowning in my own blood102Please respect copyright.PENANAlD1hL45hMU
and choking on my tongue102Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fm9YFud3R
when i try to say so.102Please respect copyright.PENANA11nSkT9W0B
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...102Please respect copyright.PENANAPqjIGL3bgd
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(it's all in my mind.102Please respect copyright.PENANASTOkWFeouc
every last drop of anxiety,102Please respect copyright.PENANAhY2lWIkDih
i have a happy, loving family.102Please respect copyright.PENANAzjqMfASzPZ
i'm perfectly fine.)102Please respect copyright.PENANAyfA1idER38