images used by William Daigneault on Unsplash
and Octavian Dan on Unsplash
Taking
unknowingly
taking knives from my lovers
to cut their hearts with
how I was cut by my past
soothing my wounds
by taking innocence
how mine was taken
taking back control
from a stolen childhood
feeling the impact
the scars ease
and the knives melt
by receiving and opening
to what I had been denied
no longer taking
but giving
creating healing
pleasure and joy
returning time
to the moments it was lost