Join me in the corner, pressed into the angle where walls merge, solidarity to bear the weight above; I sit in solitary observation, this...

We reach, fingertips ridged to mark each you and me unique, seeking in this chasm of zeroes and ones, minuscule squares by the millions,...

I wince, flinch at a welcomed touch, the space between shoulder and ear, where I hear (His voice), where I hold too much; Or particular...

You abhor (as He did) what You taught (was my fate, failed, to replicate?) Me to be, what threatened Him, mandated My flesh as...

This is My nature: nurtured to stand guard, every cell trained to misfire, to tire My atoms, exhaust each bond, bones shattered,...

Ratty taffeta gauze, chiffon bandage grime sewn over parts of me You demanded I hide; nails no longer bitten raw, I have now the sharps...

I inflict, conflicted over which thing to punish my Self more for, this time. Which not-good-Enough is which, rich with the trodden...

They say Mothers protect their (was I ever) young; instincts of mammals, creatures that seek warmth (how old will I be when the shivering...

Do you want to taste (do You really need that?) something sweet, pulled fresh from the oven (damned if I do), damned if I don’t want just...

You taught me this, by word and omission; never hunger, never feed; never receive (as if anyone would tender this). But still, to...

A child who Knew Things, who saw a crone’s face iridescent in a doorknob (they didn’t believe) warning me of Him; asked about the red...

My life’s sentence, thoughts punctuated and offset within, lived as a curl at the end of certainty; a peak in voice and tone, a...

Just three months after launching The Word for This, creating a platform to share my own and other survivor’s stories, engaging directly...