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Jazmine Cartwright
Oct 19
1 min read

A lot of my poetry comes with a trigger warning

Not because I’m here to upset or offend anyone

But because I’m here to be truthful and honest

If my own experience upsets you or

Causes you grief than it’s clear to see that

Maybe

You’re just not built

The same way as me

Strength comes from the deepest places

It’s not a journey you choose

But are thrown

Headfirst

Down a path

That isn’t sign posted

No amount of self-help books

Ease the pain of it...

Independence

Isn’t a choice

But it comes from sheer survival instincts

My brother and I are strong

The strongest people I know in fact

Not everyone can lose a parent

Let alone both before the age of 25

But me and my brother did

we survived it

And that is warrior shit

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