minorities: “Childhood” “Why do we remember...

minorities:

“Childhood”

“Why do we remember disasters? And I’ve never been completely sure, but I think it’s because they create stories that were always meant to be told, stories that unfold as the years go by, pushing up against our backbones and sliding down our spines. I remember disasters simply because they raised me. They taught me true meanings of dysfunction and forced me to notice how vulnerable of a person I am… There were times when my body belonged to everyone but me, and I am just now learning what safety feels like… I am unpacking shoes with worn out soles and jackets with pockets full of trauma. I am unpacking the anger that sleeps on my chest and the regret that boils underneath my tongue. I am taking back my body and cleaning up the battlefield that this dysfunctional world has made of it… I am healing.”