I've had sex before.
But I do not know what making love feels like
If I knew what safety looked like,
I would have spent less time falling into arms that we're not.
The idea that we all are so capable of love but still choose to be toxic,
There is no bigger illusion in the world.
You pinned my legs to the ground with your feet,
And demanded I stand up.
I have sadness living in places sadness should not live.
A daughter should not have to beg her father for a relationship.
Trying to convince myself I am allowed to take up space,
Is like trying to write with my left hand,
Although I was born to use my right.
