ACEs

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Not one, not two, but experiences

On a scale from 1 to 10, rate your

On a scale

Tell me about your childho…

Tell me about

Tell me

Me

What has become of me?

Depression, Anxiety, Sleep

Worry, Medication, Sucidal Ideation

We get so caught up in the past

Viewing frames of black and white

From hazy photographic reflections

Creased and folded

Sun kissed and rain rippled

Stashed in the trash on the corner

Of where memory meets coping meets habit

Meets today, tomorrow, yesterday

And sleepless nights

Individually ugly

Individual trauma

To somehow okay

 Taped and mended and patched

Flattened into a book like a time line

Like a wring worn quilt

Individually weak

Collectively Indestructible  

This is where I found my strength

Sun kissed and rain rippled

The strength of introspection

The strength for growth and change

A vehicle for change

I am that vehicle

With all I have

I will help facilitate

Change

So you don't have to

Tell me about your childhood

Tell me about today

ACEs

Acieves Conquers Excells

“What is your degree going to be in?”

“Social work!”

“What made you chose that? It’s not like you’re going to make any money.”

“Well, one day I would like to work with individuals who experienced

adverse childhood experiences.”