Who Am I? The Go Getter I Was? Or This Broken Woman?
India, Feb. 27 -- Trigger warning: This post contains depiction of normalised violence against women, and may be triggering for survivors.
#OneOfTheThingsThatOftenKeepMeUpAllNight
My belly is living proof
of the life I have grown, held, and birthed
a 'permanently pregnant' swell
stretch marks and a caesarian scar
that still itch
an experience I wouldn't trade in
for anything
except for what I was told by the father of my child.
From "This is not my child"
to "Stop all that drama - there's no camera here"
when I was hormonal and weepy
and wanted him to hold me, reassure me, understand me
and further on to
"you've blown up like a buffalo; like your mother"
when I was unable to shed all the weight
and "get back into shape"....
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