TRAUMA-INFORMED

By Hope Savage

I have never known this.

Not-stable-steady-love,

But-the-juddering-of-fear-love.

So-uneasy-on-your-feet-

screaming-like-nobody-can-hear-love.

The-spitting-biting-hitting-butting-

scarcity-of-real-love.

The-hit-yourself-in-your-own-face-

until-the-day-you-feel-love.

The-cannot-move-a-minute-

from-my-lap-in-case-I-leave-love.

The-appearing-by-my-side-

every-single-time-I-breathe-love.

The-everyone-is-missing-

so-you-worry-I-have-died-love.

The-push-me-pull-me-battle-

of-each-endless-day-inside-love.

The-fraught-‘I-love-you’-outbursts-

just-in-case-it’s-your-last-try-love.

The-cannot-live-without-me-

but-can’t-bear-to-catch-my-eye-love.

The love you feel is strong,

but it is quick to burn you down, Love.

Some days I love you harder,

but some days I fear I’ll drown, Love.

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