Past 3Am

By Taryn Kisaalita

past 3am
there was pain
suffering
agony and
self-hatred
but there was
no voice
to ask for help
so i wrote
instead

and
the words written
on each page
reach out more
than you ever
did

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: May 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781543492910

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Rev. date: 05/12/2021

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 it’s okay

Chapter 2 i’m fine

Chapter 3 i’m sorry

Chapter 4 i’m enough

for the ones

that loved me

before i did

~ My mother, Josephine

& My brother, Tygris

CHAPTER 1

it’s okay

you were so worried

that i would fail

so now i fear

even trying at all

why even wake up

now that i don’t want to breathe

why exhibit a smile

when it contradicts all that i feel

i mistook

love for admiration

so when it came to the end

i hurt myself for nothing

what i hate

about growing up

is that

one day you wake up

and the ones you’re