generational trauma

i don’t blame her for how she treated me

maybe she didn’t know how to be a parent

or maybe never wanted to be one

but had no choice due to the society she grew up in

or maybe she did want children

but didn’t know to love them because of her own upbringing

the trauma she endorsed as a child

has now been passed down to me

the difference between me and her is that

i won’t be like her

not at all

instead, i’ll heal

and be the first person who broke the cycle

it ends with me