I pull her on my lap and nod, swallowing as well, "I'd rather not picture our girl like that. It's horrible to anyone, but I'd rather not picture my first born baby going through all that..."
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I study her, "Then don't go back."
I'm never what I like I'm double sided And I just can't hide I kind of like it When I make you cry 'Cause I'm twisted up, twisted up Inside
I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark. — Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X