She had wanted me to hold rape inside me like a dark pearl, keep it in there, as it grew, as I grew cramped, as it overtook me as hidden things do. Secrets become lies. I’d carried in every step I took this lie, the shame of it.

She had wanted me to hold rape inside me like a dark pearl, keep it in there, as it grew, as I grew cramped, as it overtook me as hidden things do. Secrets become lies. I’d carried in every step I took this lie, the shame of it.

– Aspen Matis –

Girl in the Woods: A Memoir

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