NOT ERASED .. A part of me broke the day they said I was a burden. Something inside me dimmed when I heard I should've never existed. It wasn't my body that shattered - it was my spirit. The version of me who still believed I was allowed to take up space. she went quiet that day. But here's what they didn't expect: silence isn't the same as disappearance. A heart can bruise and still beat. A soul can fall to its knees and still rise again. And the girl they tried to erase? She's piecing herself back together - slowly, tenderly, fearfully - but she's coming back. And this time, she knows her worth doesn't need their permission.