How do I push the words out
From behind my taffy tongue
Thick with salty tears
And full of grubby thumb
I’m a child
Pretending that I’m numb
To escape the overwhelming feelings
And never ending thrum
Of knowing I’ll never be enough
For you.
Inadequacy
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under love
and fear for their children
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