I remember the first steps,
not forward, but inward.
A world too sharp, too dangerous,
where I folded myself away
to avoid the weight of their eyes,
the cruelty of their voices.
Freak.
Liar.
Something worse.
They said I had no right to be.
They made me fight my way home,
made me believe that survival was rebellion.
And then, for a while,
the world softened.
I walked through...
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