If I Tell You the Truth (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 2)

by Jasmin Kaur

healing didn’t come from his abuser. He wouldn’t beg his father to cry with him.

So often, invisibility has meant safety.

isn’t it beautiful the way rising up high can make all of our problems seem so small?

“What if this messes everything up? What if our friendship falls apart ’cause of all this?” “I know it could hurt.” He winces. “Really fuckin’ bad. But nothing good in life comes without that risk.”