Dear the...
...men who should be fathers.
...women who should be mothers.
...men who should be husbands.
...women who should be wives.
...men who should be sons.
...women who should be daughters.
...men who should be brothers.
...women who should be sisters.
...people who are scarred.
...families that are broken.
...heart that is closed and to all the unspoken.
I am sorry. I am sorry that your life is damaged. That you are lost because of others’ choices. I am sorry you think you are undeserving. That you think the reason why is you.
I will not speak for others, I cannot say a word. But...
Dear the men who should have been a father to me, you are the reason I hurt. You are the reason I am closed off at my heart, you are the reason that I do not trust anyone. You are the cause of all my pain and the source of the tears I cry. You are the reason I doubt myself. The reason I have no self-worth. You took the heart and love I offered and ground it into the dirt beneath your black soled shoes. You are the reason I am broken. You are the reason I hurt. You are the reason I will never trust, because I am terrified to love.
For others, I cannot speak. But I know this pain is shared. Between others like me who have suffered at the hands of the ones to who we say...
Dear the...