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Survivors Speak Arts Blog
Following are original creative works that CSA survivors have been gracious enough to share publicly. We thank them for their courage to speak out, and hope that their art will help others heal, as it has helped each of them on their own path to recovery and ongoing into their lives.
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Letter to myself by OneOutOf6
I have been broken but I haven’t been beat I have spoken and I won’t admit defeat, faced my en-emy and I faced my fear no matter what he did to me I’m still here he took away my youth and he took away my choice but I now speak my ...
Shadows of the Night by Mary Graziano
Notes from Mary about this video: My friend George Robinson put together this song of my work. I met him at his Healing through Creativity festival in West Virginia which I have attended for about 4 years. My very close friend, artist Michal ...
Voices Risen by Paula Evans Moysin
© Paula Evans Moysin. Published by permission. About the Author I’m a wife, mother, and grandmother who has lived with the wounds of CSA my whole life. When I began therapy, writing was the only way I could express myself. Now it has become a ...
Hands Clean by Alanis Morissette
Remember this song? Alanis very clearly states in interviews that it was part of her healing from a relationship with an older man that she was “unprepared to deal with at the time” (She was 14.) Note the verse lyrics are very standard ...
Child Me by Jennene Obremski
Goodbye child meyou were so very unluckytreated like a rag dollgrow up, stumble and fallI am grown up now, child mefinding my own happylost without your memoryyou will heal child meyou will find your inner strengththat love does exist at any ...
Living in My Own Shadow by Mary Ann Reuter
Thank you Mary Ann for being brave and sharing your story. We hope through this difficult task of finally allowing yourself to be fully seen, you have found peace and healing; and we know that sharing your story will inspire and empower others to ...
Cared For Child by Jennene Obremski
It wasn’t just the physical abuse and emotional neglectMy innocence was just another thing to collectSick adults creating sick childrenSick individuals harming their own brethrenThere is no justice for a stolen childhoodThere is only pain and ...
What Really Happens Behind Closed Doors by E Morrell
What really happens behind closed doors is based on the life experiences of Author, E Morrell. Morrell published the book to help others know that they are not alone and to encourage survivors to talk about their experiences with a trusted. ...
Wherever I Wind Up by R.A. Dickey
Thank you R.A. Dickey for sharing your story. As a public figure, your voice can do much to empower our youth to speak up if they are being abused and also to empower adult survivors to be brave and break their silence as well. In his book, “ ...
Restoration by CallmeKey15
Wow! What a powerful testament to what it means to be a child sexual abuse survivor, look your abuse in the face, and choose to know that you are worthy, you are special and you are loved! Enjoy this great faith-based spoken word performance from a ...
The Monster (Explicit) by Suze **Trigger Alert**
The drawings below were created by a woman we’ll call Suze, who used art as an adjunct to her therapy process. Suze experienced severe abuse as a child, including child sexual abuse and ritual abuse by a cult. She used a combination of art ...
Silent Screams by OneOutOf6
The world in which I existed left me warped and twisted, broken,and scared, words left unspoken cause it’s hard to cope with the past, alcohol wears off and the dope don’t last. i was that quiet child with tears in his eye,and ...
Child In Me by Jennene Obremski
I had to touch her heartThe child in meHer whole world ripped apartThe child in meTo find her buried under my tearsThe child in meTo help her face her fearsThe child in meNow she shines from withinThe child in meEvery obstacle she will battle and ...
The Forgotten Children by Mary Graziano
About this video: I wrote this poem back in 2014. As a survivor of child abuse, I wanted to reach out to others. My friend George Robinson put together this song of my work. I met him at his Healing through Creativity festival in West Virginia ...
Crumbling by Patty Croom
© Patty Croom, Patty Pixx Photography. Published by permission. This photo is from my hometown. The school I attended for most of my elementary and Jr. High years. It was a safe haven for me. Home has so many meanings and this place was ...
Easy to Judge (*Explicit*) by OneOutOf6
Description: What I wrote when a guy online said he was glad it happened to me It’s easy to judge and hard to relate, I’m hard to love and so easy to hate, hard to defend easy to be attacked, I’m too busy defending to even attack ...
Amends to Self by Debbie Loshbough
This piece came about during a 9th step (amends) process in recovery. My sponsor said that before anyone else, I needed to make an amends to myself, noting any way in which I had harmed myself physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc. The abuse ...
Rainbow by Jennene Obremski
I was raped when I was 15 and 4 months later he raped me again causing a miscarriage of my unknown pregnancy by him. This poem is about the loss of my baby and innocence. Send me back my rainbowThat you killed so long agoI’ve wondered about ...
The Unspoken Truth: A Memoir by Lisa Zarcone
A new book by child sexual abuse survivor, Lisa Zarcone. This is what survivors can do when they heal! Visit Lisa on Twitter! ...
Overcoming Emotions & Healing Wounds by Vanessa Hicks
In recent weeks, I’ve discovered how hard it is to overcome emotions and any fears I have. In my drawings, I find I can switch off, but also use my creative time to figure out what is going on inside myself. Sometimes it gets the frustration out, ...
The Shadows in My Heart by Mary Havens
We had the privilege of meeting this author last night on our interview with the NAASCA SCAN blogtalk radio show. Check out her book below. This is what survivors can do! Thank you, Mary Haven, for your commitment to healing and sharing your story ...
A Stray, Wet Cat by Roxie Stricker
Could she have done something? It’s too late now to tell. Too late to go back. She’s gone forward, for sure. More than most. But she still feels it. Fear can’t seem to escape her coursing bloodstream. She wants someone to hold her. To protect her. ...
I Will Never Be the Same Again by Asha Lightbearer
Every time I sing this song I am reminded of the sweetness of happy, healthy romantic love. In the past, my understanding of love was pretty much synonymous with pain, loss or longing. However, a few years ago, I decided I was not going to play ...