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Rated: E · Poetry · Personal · #2043974
A poem about how childhood affects us always
One Word

One word
Is all it takes
One inflection placed
Too heavy on
One word,
Then I am back;
Confidence so fragile,
Like eggshells
Whose fate always lies in
Being broken,
This age of
Fear and dread
Terrifies
Memories ignite,
Setting fire to
My self worth
I am stupid,
I am worthless
I am evil.

After all these years
His voice still deafens,
Undermining
Every waking hour.
Time to time,
He fades to shadow
But then there is
One word
And I am back.
With the utterance of just
One word.
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