Call Me Cockroach

by Leigh Byrne

But that’s the danger of isolation; it lures you in with the deceptive promise of protecting you and then it feasts on your spirit. Becoming

Children—and perhaps the elderly—are the only true victims of abuse. As adults, we are only victims when we allow ourselves to be. The instant we make the decision to strike back, we become warriors. When the fight is over, we will have either won or lost, but one thing is for sure, we will not have been victims.