Was your father the first man to break your heart, too?

Emy
7 min readJun 21, 2024
better times / photo by some family member / edited by me

Or are you normal?

(I realize this post might be triggering to you or someone you know, if violence against women and children triggers you, move along. If you can read it and relate and not feel so alone in your experience — I encourage you to. You are not alone. We are not alone. I choose to believe when we talk about our pain, we save ourselves. And let’s face it —

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Emy

Writing poems since before I knew what poetry meant. Maybe, that's why I never kept a single one. Not until my heart broke open did I start keeping my words.