Cold and damp like the room next door, people’s veins thawing out as the ice melts, watch them turn red. Know there aren’t coats thick enough, not in a place like this for warmth, and they will stop searching. For the wandering animals outside, their desperate voices swallowed by gusty winds, the rain beating harder

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Mama told me not to be afraid.She did not tell me how it would linger. And by it, I mean the betrayal. She never told me how to forgive myself.That night my innocence was taken away.I cried silently the next day, alone.His words found a home in my soul.The meaning was loud and clear.I did

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