I Was a Parentified Daughter

And it almost ruined my life

The Worst Day of My Childhood

the day that changed the way I saw myself in this world

Thank You, Dad

For being the best of a bad bunch

Thank you, Dad

I Was the Favourite Grandchild

My reign was short but glorious

An Incident of Sexual Abuse

and how I wrote poetry from the perspective of my abuser

The Matter of Mattering

Justifying Grief for a Sibling with a Large Age Gap

Migraine

The unwanted visitor that haunts my brain

respire

consider me,
recycled breath,

screaming

Sharp and bitter, this frustration: raw edges worn to a slow and constant burn, a restricted breath hampered by a constant tickle in the…