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    This Loud Silence
    This Loud Silence
    This Loud Silence
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    This Loud Silence

    By Brittany Reed

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    “There is no greater agony than to bear an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 9, 2023
    ISBN9781312792814
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      This Loud Silence - Brittany Reed

      This Loud Silence

      by @bribrireads

      This Loud Silence

      Copyright © 2023 @bribrireads. All rights reserved.

      Published by Brittany Reed

      ISBN 978-1-312-79281-4

      Author: @bribrireads

                                                        K  –

      thank you for helping me find my voice.

      Emani  –

      love always always always.

      There is no greater agony than to bear an untold story inside you.

      and maybe if i put it down on paper,

      i won’t have to carry it anymore.

      SOIL AND ROOTS

      What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.

      scarred

      she was five years young when he began to touch her,

      caressing the small, trembling figure as if it were

      normal – - good even.

      covering her face with a white sheet,

      he hovered over her unknowing body,

      a breathless dog in heat.

      her

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