Till I Discovered Me
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Till I discovered me
I was a lab-rat in our home
Your surgical blade left prints
of your brutality on my fragile skin
My body like a dancehall knew different beats.
Beat of slaps that put out the
light in my eyes, of your ceremonial punches,
of your kicks, and the disco
to which your cane danced on my body accompanied with songs of shouts and insults
Till I discovered me
I was a bird in your cage
Fed from whatever you presented to me
My children didn’t know the beautiful me
and thought the blue-black spots,red eyes, and the melancholic face were part of what I was made of
But how could I tell them that you were the beast that ruined me of my beauty?
In silence I sat in our home as you bullied me with violence
My eyes became a fountain of unending tears
And my fears, my children ate for their bread
Discovering in their innocence that something was wrong
Then,
I discovered me and the choice to leave
To fly on happiness’ wings even if it meant being single
So,
I became me
Free from you and happy and alive again
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