#TWFT52 Prompt 13: The Word for This is "BREAK"
How long before I shatter (how long since the first time?), shards fracture, scatter across floors, life forces pour from structures...
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#TWFT52 Prompt 12: The Word for This is "FRIEND"
Join me in the corner, pressed into the angle where walls merge, solidarity to bear the weight above; I sit in solitary observation, this...
A Word from Jess: Progress
I’ve been doing this work, in this space, for six months – which is not anything like a long time. But I’ve been pretty immersed,...
#TWFT52 Prompt 11: The Word for This is "TOUCH"
We reach, fingertips ridged to mark each you and me unique, seeking in this chasm of zeroes and ones, minuscule squares by the millions,...
#TWFT52 Prompt 10: The Word for This is "REACT"
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...
#TWFT52 Prompt 9: The Word for This is "HATE"
You abhor (as He did) what You taught (was my fate, failed, to replicate?) Me to be, what threatened Him, mandated My flesh as...
#TWFT52 Prompt 8: The Word for This is "HURT"
This is My nature: nurtured to stand guard, every cell trained to misfire, to tire My atoms, exhaust each bond, bones shattered,...
#TWFT52 Prompt 7: The Word for This is "FORGET"
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...
A WORD FROM JESS: SELF-LOVE
Confession: to the extent I have a plan, I’d intended to write this month’s official “A Word from Jess” post on self-love. Y’know, a...
#TWFT52 Prompt 6: The Word for This is "SELF"
I inflict, conflicted over which thing to punish my Self more for, this time. Which not-good-Enough is which, rich with the trodden...
THE WISH FROM A CHILD
by Theresa McCool I wish I could feel safe in this world when I am alone to be able to walk the street I wish I could feel safe If a...
#TWFT52 Prompt 5: The Word for This is "YOUNG"
They say Mothers protect their (was I ever) young; instincts of mammals, creatures that seek warmth (how old will I be when the shivering...
THE WORD FOR THIS IS "QUESTION": A SURVIVOR DIALOGUE
by @SaltyAboutIt and @TheWordForThis [Every survivor is different. Every conversation is different, and I'm letting it take shape...
#TWFT52 Prompt 4: The Word for This is "ACCEPT"
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...
I NEED TO PROTECT MY BABIES
by Anonymous_190124 When I was 10, I was molested by my best friend’s father. It was very confusing. I felt it was me. It felt good. I...
#TWFT52 Prompt 3: The Word for This is "ALONE"
You taught me this, by word and omission; never hunger, never feed; never receive (as if anyone would tender this). But still, to...
ON CHOOSING MOTHERHOOD
"I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration." Stumbled on this quote from...
#TWFT52 Prompt 2: The Word for This is "SENSE"
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...
We Cannot Separate the Artist from the Art
This is imperfect, and incomplete. I’m new, as activist, as feminist. New in my anti-racism self-education, self-evaluation, expressions,...
#TWFT52 Prompt 1: The Word for This is "QUESTION"
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...
TELL IT
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