In my country they don't teach you how to break,
how to swallow impact and spit it all back out.
They make you hard, not flexible.
Strong, not resilient.
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Poetry''Everything you did to me, I remember. Mama, I made it out of your home alive, raised by the voices in my head. '' -Warsan Shire, Extreme girlhood
Elastic | Break
In my country they don't teach you how to break,
how to swallow impact and spit it all back out.
They make you hard, not flexible.
Strong, not resilient.
