A question
How many attempts on her own life
Meant that she could die
Her own way?
How many breakdowns and prescriptions
Days in bed or screaming
Equal enough?
I ask not because I want her to have been with us
one day fewer but
because she was trapped
in a life
I was free from
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Persuader by trade. Texas. One of the lucky ones on the path. Navigating seasons of loss with grace.
