Year: 2016

I Was Five, I Had No Clue It Wasn’t Normal

I refuse to pretend to be asleep anymore

I gave the burden back to him

I didn’t know my real worth until this past year

Everyone kept it quiet

It was swept under the rug to protect his name

I didn’t want to survive, but I did.

She was too young to lie about things she shouldn’t know about

we were the perfect Brady Bunch family

As a child, I dissociated. I forgot. I hid.