I Know My Truth

I know my truth

And it is not the one my abusers

Have assigned to me

And tried to mold me into

For their own benefit

Using hateful words,

Slaps and punches

And gossip

I know my truth

And it is not the one my family

And some so-called friends

Have chosen to believe

About me

With misplaced self-righteous loyalty

Choosing to believe my abusers

Enjoying the salaciousness of my degradation

Rather than accepting what your

Eyes and your heart tell you is real

I know my truth

And I stand firm in who I am

I see the scars of all I have gone through

And if your love and acceptance is contingent

Upon me being the caricature

My abusers have painted of me

If my truth makes you uncomfortable

And unable to stand up for what is right

Then it’s chin up, tits out for me

- Julie O'Hara

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