Before I tell you
about the people I lost,
you should know
I loved them.
Before I tell you
about the mistakes I made,
you should know
I have replayed them
a thousand times
inside my own mind.
Before I tell you
about addiction,
understand
that pain
rarely introduces itself
by its real name.
Sometimes
it calls itself
relief.
Sometimes
it disguises itself
as survival.
Before I tell you
about grief,
remember
that no heart
is prepared
for the phone call
that changes
everything.
Before I tell you
about my mother,
my father,
my daughters,
or the woman
I became,
I need you to know
this is not a story
about perfection.
It is a story
about becoming.
About falling
without staying down.
About losing
without giving up.
About learning
that healing
is not forgetting.
It is remembering
without letting the memory
become your home.
So if you find
pieces of yourself
inside these pages,
know this:
You are welcome here.
Because this book
was never written
to prove
how broken I was.
It was written
to remind us both
that broken things
can still become
beautiful.
ŞİMDİ OKUDUĞUN
Letters I never said out loud
Şiir*Letters I Never Said Out Loud* is a raw and emotionally powerful spoken-word poetry collection by K. McDANIEL that explores survival, motherhood, heartbreak, addiction, faith, healing, and becoming. Written as intimate letters to daughters, younger...
