my life’s letter 🖊️

When I was a little kid I shared a room with my brother My family was poor One day when I was seven years old My brother locked the door He watched a movie where the characters kissed He wanted to copy the scene and I was the only girl So he locked me in our room and kissed me I told my mom and she didn’t do anything about it She said boys will be boys He stole my first kiss I was robbed of my joy My brother grew up to hate me He used to abuse me I went to school with a black eye I was scared so I lied Said I got hit in the face with a baseball I don’t know if they believed me at all When I was 9 years old My brother told his teacher that our mom beat us The police came to my home ready to arrest my mom When they asked us to show them what she used to hit us with My brother ran to the kitchen to show the police a wooden spatula I was with him in the kitchen and I told him to not show the police Then I told the police my mom didn’t hit us I lied to their faces to protect my mom She didn’t deserve the grace I gave her After that my mom stopped hitting us I don’t think she remembers that I stuck up for her We would have lost our one and only mother All because of my idiot brother My mom learned a tough lesson that day She tried getting that teacher fired My mom used to have an ugly demeanor That was before she believed in God She also was guilty of fraud But let’s not get into that story She never said sorry but we forgave her Maybe one day she will come to Christ And get forgiven for her past sins I tried to not be a crybaby and to grow thick skin My bad childhood trauma made me stronger I became a published author I now inspire others to have empathy You have to learn to forgive your enemies I’m still learning that The last time I saw my brother I hit him in the head My knuckles hurt but I’m glad I didn’t kill him Or else I would live with eternal regret and sin My story isn’t meant to make you feel sorry for me I learned from my past mistakes and now am a better me The restraining order that got placed on me it freed me I am grateful not to have my first abuser in my life My brother caused me a lot of strife But I still hope he has a good life Without me in it I’ve healed my trauma and choose to remove the drama I now have a wonderful relationship with my mama People grow up and life gets better This is my story it’s my life’s letter This was a hard story to tell Love, signed Michelle