they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,324Please respect copyright.PENANA1HzLc0WM3J
all in the same breath with no hesitation.324Please respect copyright.PENANAxI9dX5nRif
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later324Please respect copyright.PENANAHqVoBofNkA
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.324Please respect copyright.PENANAR3ki5uRxbF
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they repeat the same mantra over and over,324Please respect copyright.PENANATdS0Sq5YsS
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s324Please respect copyright.PENANA9vEXARG8jl
but in the end they still withhold dinner,324Please respect copyright.PENANAVXwOxud45C
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.324Please respect copyright.PENANAfMrG2ZoE7y
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and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals324Please respect copyright.PENANAkOI0ym3Hqs
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.324Please respect copyright.PENANA8I7D9nDCAi
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch324Please respect copyright.PENANAyY7aY7cNng
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.324Please respect copyright.PENANAMk4786eyzE
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bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,324Please respect copyright.PENANAkr6NFtaVrZ
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.324Please respect copyright.PENANAtT5ONayYBv
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief324Please respect copyright.PENANAnCQtufTyuA
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.324Please respect copyright.PENANAEM6fLJZQC1
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they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",324Please respect copyright.PENANAvIvV4H75tX
said it was all mental and to just stop324Please respect copyright.PENANAFXRLmU9pma
but it was habits formed out of pent up324Please respect copyright.PENANAgYSIzYW3eM
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.324Please respect copyright.PENANAbcF40A5asd
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they said it was all in my mind,324Please respect copyright.PENANAfXz8Gx2nLD
the anxiety, the stress.324Please respect copyright.PENANAD14zbyc80b
that i had a happy, loving family324Please respect copyright.PENANAXr5moTusal
and i was perfectly fine.324Please respect copyright.PENANAiUW54uHfue
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i'm not.324Please respect copyright.PENANAAgEvhBEopb
i'm drowning in my own blood324Please respect copyright.PENANAvPBedbsCcY
and choking on my tongue324Please respect copyright.PENANA2TY6MskC7B
when i try to say so.324Please respect copyright.PENANAxBGkeuESxB
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...324Please respect copyright.PENANA4INi5OcxTd
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(it's all in my mind.324Please respect copyright.PENANAOibmwPAHzM
every last drop of anxiety,324Please respect copyright.PENANA9qOuD2Rvyu
i have a happy, loving family.324Please respect copyright.PENANAVAYIyiPR9J
i'm perfectly fine.)324Please respect copyright.PENANA99QOv6jitQ