THE NUMBERS I SURVIVEDI remember that first time I froze involuntarilyPlayed freeze tagFrom unsolicited touches I was 5… I survivedAgain at 7 and 1113 I figured I was old enough to fight backThat I'd no longer let anyone take or touch what didn't belong to them in factI put on a mask pulled it over my face plastered on a smile so you would never be able to tell when I was down2002 was more than a number it was the last time I was able to hear his voice the one who gave me mine prematurely lost a life that meant everything to mine2010 took 14 pills and figured I end it hereNo more sufferingNo longer longing for space or time where things once felt alrightI survivedNumbers be infinite so as many times as I've been injured or thought I was endedI'll keep counting these battle scars and turn them into poetryMake something beautiful out of ruinsI enduredSurvivedT'aura
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