🪷 Forfeit Their Game

Yes, they gave you life,
  but they treated you with scorn
while pretending it was love.
  And you--confused, forlorn--
tried hard to play along
  and dodge their blasts of blame.
Now it's your turn to win--
  by forfeiting their game.

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9 year old (“Twin 2” walking with the dogs at Pipestem in April)

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In the notebook

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