they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,261Please respect copyright.PENANAJChclLDqla
all in the same breath with no hesitation.261Please respect copyright.PENANAme5EwI8QvS
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later261Please respect copyright.PENANAeLtffylxKL
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.261Please respect copyright.PENANAL5ee4DJeFI
261Please respect copyright.PENANADYRVesfJSf
they repeat the same mantra over and over,261Please respect copyright.PENANA4g6IXFYC8b
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s261Please respect copyright.PENANA5n7qzGkkB2
but in the end they still withhold dinner,261Please respect copyright.PENANAaEV6DT8xJV
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.261Please respect copyright.PENANA4982mKA6yO
261Please respect copyright.PENANA22BRgUCU2i
and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals261Please respect copyright.PENANA8jrUwEnthU
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.261Please respect copyright.PENANA5bOOEHoash
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch261Please respect copyright.PENANAkyowOVHl1f
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.261Please respect copyright.PENANAdPbA2t7woJ
261Please respect copyright.PENANAzEwUwnioxR
bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,261Please respect copyright.PENANAxPL0yDNYMh
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.261Please respect copyright.PENANA3UGNlBZ0JE
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief261Please respect copyright.PENANAYNwQWqiWxU
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.261Please respect copyright.PENANAJr3iUjZumF
261Please respect copyright.PENANAv58qHw46yv
they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",261Please respect copyright.PENANASZbtKtJPRD
said it was all mental and to just stop261Please respect copyright.PENANAVniE1mR2gF
but it was habits formed out of pent up261Please respect copyright.PENANABcUC3dB9p7
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.261Please respect copyright.PENANAUylgkpJO4v
261Please respect copyright.PENANAhP1R2VN97H
they said it was all in my mind,261Please respect copyright.PENANATL4VCsM0Le
the anxiety, the stress.261Please respect copyright.PENANAbExhC1ONeo
that i had a happy, loving family261Please respect copyright.PENANAp8c6n84l1z
and i was perfectly fine.261Please respect copyright.PENANAZkaZG4TPmJ
261Please respect copyright.PENANABlGOgJc2Sr
i'm not.261Please respect copyright.PENANA43kDjl71qX
i'm drowning in my own blood261Please respect copyright.PENANA8aUfVD90RT
and choking on my tongue261Please respect copyright.PENANAD3S2iquQgh
when i try to say so.261Please respect copyright.PENANAETFZ0HfHmU
261Please respect copyright.PENANAUPjQxrEf2C
...261Please respect copyright.PENANAzsTIaZiLGq
261Please respect copyright.PENANAYOE8fzZ4Jd
(it's all in my mind.261Please respect copyright.PENANAeQSGDhD1gB
every last drop of anxiety,261Please respect copyright.PENANAkz8eIsCyth
i have a happy, loving family.261Please respect copyright.PENANAnLSiSKbg4L
i'm perfectly fine.)261Please respect copyright.PENANAuvtQYBeT5h