Saltwater & Iron

Crushed by the weight of a thousand storms,
I sank further into the abyss
with each passing hour

I thought silence would keep my head above water

I was already drowning

Here… the silence ends.

This is a place for the quiet to speak

It is for stories buried beneath shame
to surface without fear

Every word written
is a crack in the walls that kept you small
when everything felt like it was pulling you under

their words
their abuse

it did not begin with you
it does not end with you

Curious about my letters?

Not everything lost to the water stays there