Childhood Amnesia

By Amaya Esparza

they say by three years old you

should at least have some

memories.

the only memory i have from three

is when you were screaming and

pounding on the bathroom door,

where my mother had locked us in

to keep us safe from your wrath.

they say it’s normal to have childhood

amnesia, and it’s unknown why it

happens.

it happens to be that most memories

we think we have from childhood

are actually ones told to us by the

adults in our lives, not truly from

the depths of our own minds.

they say your mind blocks out

memories surrounded around

trauma.

but, trauma seems to be the only

memories I have from the depths

of my mind because no one has 

told me about that time when I

was three that stays so vividly.

By Amaya Esparza