Her memory
This body has been beaten and bruised Cursed and ridiculed laughed at and critiqued underfed and overworked overfed and underappreciated This body has been told more than enough to stick that it does not belong That it is not enough That it is too much This body has learned to feel threatened by the presence of others This body has been taught pain How do I begin to search for peace in a space that has never known it? How can I ask this body for the love it has never been shown?
