Abuse & Survival

These poems are stitched from the silence that followed pain. They speak in flashbacks, in guarded lines, in metaphors sharp enough to protect. Survival here isn’t pretty; it’s raw, trembling and true. And still, the voice rises.

When we write what we weren’t allowed to say.

Blood Burning

queens snorted and screamed

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I Exist

to be rescued from this icy place

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Bound in Darkness

my blood flowed over golden sands

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In His Embrace, I Slowly Died

where your love left me exiled

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Murderous Seduction

deep within the haunted wood

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The Devil’s Whisper

caused my life to vanish

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Rescued Me

fear of abusive men soon decreased

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When No One Saw and No One Heard

the soil soaked in my hurried hurt

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Beaten and Broken

wrapped me in snug warm wool

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