he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me

abuse doesn’t just happenin romantic relationshipsabuse can livein friendships too

i don't blame you for not knowing how to remain soft with me. sometimes i stay up thinking of all the places you are hurting which you'll never care to mention. i come from the same aching blood. from the same bone so desperate for attention i collapse in on myself. i am your daughter. i know the small talk is the only way you know how to tell me you love me. cause it is the only way i know how to tell you.

don’t ask me why i didn’t leavehe made my world so smalli couldn’t see the exit- i’m surprised i got out at all

your partner is supposed toenrich your lifenot drain itstaying when it hurts is not love

i want you to wipe awayeverything you know about loveand start with one wordkindnessgive it to themlet them give it to yoube two pillarsequal in your loveand you’ll carry empires on your backs

i am not a victim of my lifewhat i went throughpulled a warrior out of meand it is my greatest honor to be her

i have difficulty separatingabusive relationshipsfrom healthy onesi can’t tell the differencebetween love and violence- it all looks the same

men like him are experts atsmelling out girls like methe invisible oneswho believe they must be uglybecause their fathers didn’t love themhe said my nameand i had never heard my namedance off a man’s lips beforegive a little attentionto someone who’s never had anyand they’ll be slipping and fallingall over the placeunable to contain the joyof being wantedthe relief of being discoveredhe groomed me into thinkingi couldn’t survive without himthis is how men like himtrap girls like me- predator