
They say life is a blessing.
But I've watched blessings rot before they bloom.42Please respect copyright.PENANAmcdCLlUgxL
I've seen mothers sleep through their children's breaking.42Please respect copyright.PENANAxOu3XKdgVr
I've seen girls learn silence before they learn to write.42Please respect copyright.PENANABWn8qpXZY2
I've seen sisters cry into cracked mirrors, wiping blood off their smiles before school.
So no—
This life isn't kind.42Please respect copyright.PENANA7l7QKVZdJW
This life doesn't give.42Please respect copyright.PENANAH7qzn3ntXY
This life takes, and takes, and takes...42Please respect copyright.PENANAGRSYpyF8lb
Until you have nothing left to lose.
And when you finally start to run,42Please respect copyright.PENANAhp8RrXVG0u
when you finally learn to breathe outside the wreckage,
the past doesn't let you.
It follows you.42Please respect copyright.PENANAsmOUnh6QA4
In the smell of your coat.42Please respect copyright.PENANAezFMJ49xPU
In the pause before a song.42Please respect copyright.PENANAM69BRV0tp8
In a child's scream that sounds just like the one you buried years ago.
I didn't ask for this life.
But it's the only one I've got.42Please respect copyright.PENANAQiSeLZoF5b
So I'll carry it.42Please respect copyright.PENANA4wfi2UgaYl
On tired shoulders.42Please respect copyright.PENANAkMGDLYBy89
With shaking hands.
And if it refuses to be grateful for me—42Please respect copyright.PENANA6xzB5D1qw8
I won't beg.
I'll survive it anyway.42Please respect copyright.PENANA58U2BHWx7s
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