if your absence was no longer a choice maybe the rest of our family would stop looking at me like a chipped-tooth smile they can …
I Teach My Daughter Forgiveness by Demi Richardson
My daughter recently had a birthday, but I couldn’t tell you how old she is. Here’s what I can tell you. When she was ten …
A poem by someone who always left. by Sania Mushtaq
1) I still have to learn how to love without staining my hands from the blood of the people I loved, scarred from the broken …
Abandoned by Karen Manabat
Tell them I was the perfect storm; I came strong and uninvited. Tell them you hid from my rain, And prayed for me to be …
I Can’t Remember Him Past Third Grade by Amanda Karwel
After that time my father kidnapped us, all of our custody exchanges happened in the police station parking lot. My sister and I were passed …
Those Who Walked Out On Me by Indya Shaw
i. I have never bothered to learn the year you were born. For no matter how old you get, you’ll always be a mere …