When does survival finally feel over? ⁣ Content note: stalking, abuse and threats of self-harm. ⁣ 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞. ⁣ This performance understands something adults and institutions often miss: escape can happen in a moment, but safety may take years to reach the body. ⁣ The poem moves from an apartment floor to a school parking lot, a library, a bus stop, a driveway and finally a funeral. The locations change. The nervous system remains on watch. ⁣ “But why is his life so intertwined with mine?” ⁣ That question carries the real wound. Being followed was dismissed as flattery. Fear was renamed sensitivity. Time was offered as proof that she should be over it. ⁣ She refuses that inheritance. When another message arrives, she does not answer. The silence is no longer helplessness—it is a boundary. ⁣ Survival is not pretending the past never happened. Sometimes it is reclaiming one breath, then another, until fear no longer gets to narrate the entire future. ⁣ KMOB1003 heard the signal. ⁣ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Title not provided in source 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐬: Individual names not provided in source 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: Iowa City 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: Brave New Voices · Youth Speaks 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐲: Youth Speaks ⁣ Some of the poets featured here are also featured on the KMOB1003 Spoken Word page — where their work continues beyond the stage. ⁣ Some performances featured on KMOB1003 may be edited for length and presentation. All rights remain with the original artists and source organizations. For corrections, credit updates or removal requests, contact KMOB1003. ⁣ #KMOB1003 #p #poetrystatus #poetsoftiktok #poetry #poetrylovers - @kmob1003.global