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The Family Normal
December 19, 2017
My mother’s chaos is my normal.
Her lies, her cries, her self-centered ideals.
She is toxic, but she can’t comprehend it.
Her trauma robbed her of her innocence
And while I try to be patient,
I try to understand,
I can’t help but think
It also robbed me of mine.
© Mikaela M., Cary, NC
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I was inspired to write this by a prompt my Creative Writing teacher gave to me. It just blossomed from there.