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A poem for trauma survivors

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Crystal Jackson
Nov 21, 2022
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A poem for trauma survivors

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Dissociation
Was always my key move
I could leave the room
Without ever leaving you
I could look away
From what I didn’t want to see
I could reflect you
Without you ever seeing me
Words streaming from my lips
But I could not speak my pain 
I hid it beneath the stories
Like tears falling in the rain
In the…

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