Sy Redemption

But took the baby in her arms soothed the tantrum, calmed the hurt, until he forgot the mother who left. Silence. But walked five miles to school when the nurse called to take the child’s hand and carry him home. Silence. But skipped out on the paycheck to hold the ice pack against the child’s…

I do not fear men, their threats or their promises. There isn’t much  that I wouldn’t be numb to. I do not fear God, should there be one. Anything He could do to hurt me has already been done. I do not fear death, for if death means  that I will feel nothing, then the…

When I was three I forgot the pains that occur when a two-year-old remains. But in the first grade a kid found out, said my mother’s death he knew all about. I let a few kids change my perception, and I fell deep down into the deception. Because a motherless child was wrong, and a…

I wish my mom still lived to see me now so that she would say I’m what she wanted and that grandma was still here to “wow” at the life I built and would have flaunted. Yet ironically, the wretched aunt lives, to leave me in fear of meth relapses, with blackened hands for the…

The smell of sweat- My tears as I’m slowly dancing,  A young child on stage, early practice, lowly dancing. Mother says “Ballet is what makes a girl solely happy. Nothing else matters but when you’re wholly dancing.” In my heart, mind, and soul, my holy trinity, I knew deep down I wasn’t made for rolely…