They taped my mouth
before I even knew
how to use my voice.
They called truth a lie
until the truth became impossible to hide.
I carried silence like it was survival.
Carried shame that was never mine.
Carried wounds no child should have known.
But silence does not protect survivors.
It protects abusers.
So this is me —
unlearning fear,
reclaiming my name,
and speaking anyway.
I am not what happened to me.
I am what survived it.
No more silence.
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