Trauma

Morgan Lin
By Morgan Lin
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Trauma honors a woman who lost her life to a moving train at the 42nd Street terminal station in New York. This is my heart, rage, and tears in your hands.

“No one hears
No one helps
All alone
Grief.”

A maze, the train station
With bad connection
Seizes the worst of my imagination

In a single breath
Your life could be taken away
By the wheels of a moving train

A woman
With a smile
A job
A daughter
she loves

Push from a stranger
Cautionless step

No one hears
Her screams
No one helps

Voice suppressed 
Loses hope
Smells the sweet scent
Of her daughter’s
Hair

Mixed with
Urine and
Metal wheels

Last breath
To her daughter

Body mangled 
Blood trickles
Alone

No one hears
No one helps
All alone

Grief.

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Trauma honors a woman who lost her life to a moving train at the 42nd Street terminal station in New York. This is my heart, rage, and tears in your hands.

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Morgan Lin

Morgan Lin is a storyteller, social-impact-driven technology innovator, and interdisciplinary tinkerer with a purpose to amplify youth voices and promote…

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Courage & Resilience
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