#originalpoetry #poetry #poems #poet #poetrycorner #poetryofig #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #spilledink #writeugly #criesofpen #soulsofpoets #bleedingsoulpoetry #suicideawareness #suicideprevention #survivor #thriving #acestoohigh #aces10 #childhoodtrauma #childrenhaveavoice #mothersabusetoo #poetryofig #poetryoftheday #poemoftheday #instapoetry #instafeel Things We Should Not Know Tonight I held an eight year old boy broken jawed, he wept from mother's fists he w i l l attempt suicide later that year I remembered how it felt for the first time the snapping crack of my jaw under my "mother's" fists she took Tylenol for, my bones broke, my back snapped, vertebrae moved, ribs broken, metal flavored mouth, it was finally mother's insisting that I "man up," "quit crying," "stop trying to make me feel bad," and "toughen up," while I swallowed whole bites of food whole so I could eat, while my "mother" kept sending me to my rapist because she "needed a break" from me. When I finally took her Tylenol. Red and white capsules. I swallowed. One by one. Until ½ the bottle gone. Hospital size. I passed out in the hallway. Where my mother and brother walked over me for two days until I woke up and replaced each red and white pill from the sample packages on the sill… So tonight I held little Mike and remembered all the things we shouldn't have to know while we smoked a bowl together just like we did when I was eight. Michael Bjornstad; WriteUgly©️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CbOuUpKOgiU/?utm_medium=tumblr
