by Cagivagurl
You rose above everything
Well by your writing I think you are better than the ones that hurt you as you bring joy into peoples lives with your writing
Wow, that was powerful. If this is based on your experiences, I hope this helps heal you.
Painful yet powerfully cathartic. Like all your writing, nothing left on the table; so full of energy. Loved the last two lines, likewise the first line less the “me” or if you added “from” me. Will read again soon. Thanks.
My wife actually liked this more than I did, and I really liked it. In her career as a clinical social worker, she's dealt with survivors like your heroine. Great writing. 5 * is too little.
Five stars not only because it is so well written but because it conjures up memories from the backroads of my mind. The very first memory of my life. Oh, a lifetime trying, hoping to illicit a more pleasant one. Being pinned against the steps to my cold uninsulated attic where I was relegated to sleep and beaten mercilessly.
So many nights I lay awake in the cold below zero night huddled under covers watching the white frozen moisture spot from my breath grow above me on the bare roof boards. Listening to Sons of The Pioneers sing on the headphones of the radio I built from parts scrounged from the town dump. Tuned to KOMA in Oklahoma a clear Chanel station over a thousand miles away. A more pleasant first memory remains blowing in the wind.