2. Just Trying To Live Again

I'm plagued by childhood trauma's
I'm both fucked up and misunderstood
I keep getting flashbacks to things I don't want to remember
I get lost pretending to be human
I wish I could be the perfect daughter

...

Yet I turn that pain into power
I turned my wounds into wisdom
What's coming it better than what's gone
I think it's time to feel happy again
Because this is just the beginning
It's time to write a new story
It's time for the next chapter

...
3rd place in the Bridge Society Poetry awards 2020