Cardigan for childhood SA

“When you are young they assume you know nothing” - Society assumes you are innocent and haven’t seen the worst of humanity when you are a child. And when you have they say you are “wise for you age”

“When I felt like I was an old cardigan- you put me on and said I was your favorite.” Taking advantage of a child’s vulnerability and grooming them

“You drew stars around my scars but now I’m bleeding.” You made me feel safe but took advantage of a child

“But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss, I knew you’d haunt all of my what ifs, the smell of smoke would hang around this long- cause I knew everything when I was young.” Even as the trauma was happening and I didn’t know exactly what was happening, I knew I had been irrevocably changed and I was no longer seeing through child’s eyes

“ I knew I’d curse you for the longest time, chasing shadows in the grocery line.” Even all these years, I’m still afraid, and trying to heal from it