After Effect

Despite the darkness,
I am growing.
There's a place inside me knowing.
I learned from you how to survive,
But you didn't teach me how to thrive.
I learned that on my own
Long after I'd grown.

©2026 WickedLizzie

Photo of me &my grandmother in 1969.

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