Monday, July 4, 2016

dear adolescent me

i am here.  i wish i could assure you that i'm here.

your sheer will power to survive is astounding.

you are tender.  you are determined.
i know you feel weak.  helpless.  paralyzed.

but you are strong.  courageous.  smart.

he knows that.  it worries him.  his violence escalates.

you become more creative.  more clever.  more introverted.
more hidden.  more enraged.

he is afraid of you.  he becomes more desperate.  he can only
find more ways to defile you.  contain you.  control you.

you obey.  you hate yourself for obeying.

you rage.  you hate yourself for raging.

you run to jesus in your mind.  your heart.  your spirit.

because of jesus-

you survived.

you are still overcoming.

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