“in the groggy moments, it’s too easy to succumb
as simple as breathing, which is coming faster than it should-
and can I hear my heart hammering in protest
of all that I have buried in the cemetery of my life?”
Show me two disengaged fuck-up parents still hung up on each other and I’ll show you a toddler with manipulative skills better than most grown narcissists.
Me, gaslighting myself: this year sucked and I am a trash human
Me, in reality: supported my household as a single mom without accumulating more debt and paid off almost 1/4 of my existing debt.
After all the hits I am still standing, and that in itself is a huge success.