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 not belong to myself. Mama told me there was nothing to protest. And by nothing, I mean my protruding belly. The vacancy in my heart could never be filled again. She never told me how to embrace this horror. When my baby cried every night, I was alone. The reality came and never left. Her words haunted me until my baby’s last breath. They were never my family.
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