I will live long enough to see your 90th birthday. I am close to being 100 years old, I know. I know that we are 13 years apart too. I don’t want to think about how much older I am than you. I have always focused on wanting to wake…

Again, my freshly made-up face is messed up with semen and sweat. I often don’t see the point anymore. I feel as if I take my showers and do my hair nicely only to be the one to clean up the house, be yelled at and end up exhausted at…

What is one more bruise, scar, scab, cut, wound, another black eye when this abuse has already gone on for so long? I don’t feel like fighting for myself anymore. Maybe a hard tug on my hair, a slam of my head against the wall or floor, a stomp on…

In my eyes, in order to feel some mental relief, it’s okay to feel close to wanting to take our own lives.

I am fed up with your saying that you don’t care about doing any housework when I’m out there having sex for money for you. I can’t explain how it feels to be used for someone’s pleasure as an income source. I may not be manually lifting many pounds a…

I tell myself that there are many people in the world who replay the same traumatic experiences in their minds from the time they wake to when they sleep (if they sleep at all) for decades. Some people have not been able to be themselves for years because they are…

There was a time when I thought that it was worth finding out about the clubs and organizations that my university had back when I was in college between 2005 and 2009; particularly in 2005. I was excited about trying out new activities. I looked forward to meeting new people. …

Prisoners are not the only ones given life sentences. There are those who were burned repeatedly over weeks by bullies with a hair straightener while in school. I recall a girl who was raped by more than 44 boys. She had an alcoholic and abusive father. When interrogated at her…

One life. One body wrapping up joints, tendons, vessels, capillaries, arteries, and organs. Head full of long black hair. One pair of dark brown eyes. Golden skin that easily tans; Skin without any current serious conditions. Skin marked with lines, scars and tattoos for life. A pair of feet that…