Over the past year, I was working with women situationed in a fragile, perilous situation, one that people without privilege so often find themselves in. This was in a therapeutic context, & the first thing to hit me when I went in there, was that their ‘needs’ could not be more removed from the so-called domain of mental health....
O K A Y There’s no answer to whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to be merely okay. On some days, that’s all we have. We have to make do....
I’m sorry For not being creative enough Expressive enough Loud enough Enough Just enough Was I enough? But I know it didn’t matter Doesn’t matter I will stay And I will leave...
Trigger Warning: Mentions of panic attacks and breakdowns.
And even if I look like a passerby I’m here to stay The sound of my voice may seem unfamiliar But my words have run along these roads everyday Skipping across like the veins on the back of my hand...
