The above collage was created based on the 2020 Survivor Voices writing series with Donna Jenson, Time to Tell.
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The above collage was created based on the 2020 Survivor Voices writing series with Donna Jenson, Time to Tell.
Continue ReadingIn the song “Virtual Virtue,” Dayna Clay describes her childhood rape — and her determination to survive it. Lyrics: I used to dream that you’d become the dad I never hadSomeone who’d look after me, come through when times were badA man to guard my mother’s heart, complete our familyBut you were only using her […]
Continue ReadingI tried to give them shelter, I invited them all inside. I sent out the invitations, “Come one, come all”; no pride. I never asked for rent, not once; a drink at most would do. I’d then hand them the keys to the kingdom, to do with what they wished to do. What once was […]
Continue ReadingAbout the Creator I am a 60 year old child abuse survivor. My brain injuries began at 2 1/2. I was put in a pool and left to drown. That was the first time I saw the white in heaven. Around that age I had my first of 6 concussions. At 4 yrs old I […]
Continue ReadingMy body knows a pain within,it draws it out upon my skin. Upon my wrists I’m forced to see,how hard the ropes have pulled on me.The red marks on my knee they label,how pressure burns pressed on a table. Redness on my thighs submit,a full-grown man just won’t fit.That shooting pain within my clit,knows where […]
Continue ReadingDandelion seeds and lavender.. Breathe in.. Breathe out.. You are moving.. You are healing.. You are working through this process we call recovery. Keep breathing. Keep moving…
Continue ReadingSkipping across the street.Little hands wrapped around mommy’s finger.Hurry, don’t be late.Quickly Cross the street. Little Hands clutch Mommy’s leg.Mommy is talking. I can’t see the ladies.The desk is too tall.I am too small. Little hands Hold the crayons.Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow.I don’t stay in the lines.Mommy says “be neater.” Hurry Up! It’s almost […]
Continue ReadingThis is something I wrote for the members of my support group: This place is beautiful but also sad. We make useful of something oh so bad. We feel disrupted, corrupted, silenced and blamed, subjected to ridicule, violence and shame. We tell our stories so others will know. We get buried by emotions and like […]
Continue Reading*Rated: Adult Language There is a difference between hate and anger,Hate has a shorter reason,But always has the taste and is always stronger.Anger simmers deeper,It usually is formed by a secret,Isn’t that right? If I hated you,I would have your picture on my walls,I’d have shredded up memories of any trace of caring for you […]
Continue ReadingSunflowersBe your child’s light, don’t let them grow up in darkness
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