Poem: I Want To Live My Life As I Should

I write how I feel down

Afraid that the words will come alive if I say them out loud

Some days I feel so alone

But how do I feel alone when my secret is now known

To the outside world it looked like you cared

But really all you did was make a little girl so very scared

Taking away the innocence of her childhood

Before she even really understood

I'm older and wiser now

But even still I can't understand how

You could do the things you did to me

Preventing a child from living her life carefree

I won't let you hold me back

Even if I face my triggers and have another panic attack

I want to live my life as I should

I want to live my life like everyone else would

- Stacey xo