I understand how a word others use every day can become something whispered in the dark to soothe a wound that just won't heal. I remember thinking I… - Ayobami Adebayo

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I understand how a word others use every day can become something whispered in the dark to soothe a wound that just won't heal. I remember thinking I would never hear it spoken without unravelling a little, wondering if I would ever get to say it in the light. So I recognise the gift in this simple pronouncement, the promise of a beginning in this one word.