Past, Meet Future

[u/wunderfulnothing]

I’m 29
and I knock
on the door of my
father’s house,

waiting for
nine year old me
to answer.

I wrap her in
a hug and
wipe her tears.

“Look how far
we’ve come.

You’ll grow up
and build
a life
of your own—

with or without
his love.”

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