Lilog224ever
From the moment I was born, fear and trauma followed me like shadows. My father's fists were thunder, his guns were weapons of constant threat, and my mother's fear became my first language. Sent away to Boston at five, I watched my grandfather fade under bone marrow cancer while my body trembled from anxiety - tremors no one understood. My grandmother turned homes into prisons, forcing us to scrub floors on our knees, write the Bible from front to back, and endure punishments for mistakes our trembling bodies made. I was hit, split open by a mop, threatened with guns, and shamed for prophetic dreams. Even in dreams, my grandfather returned to guide me, only to be met with anger from those around me. This story is raw. It is unflinching. It is my blood, my tears, my memory. It is the beginning of a life lived through bruises, threats, fear, and the tremors of a child learning to survive.