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.

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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You Took Away My Voice

cultural cancellation controlled me

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You Blinded Me

from your diseased spirit

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Dreamed He Would Keep Me Safe

while held within his firm embrace

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Danced the Razor’s Edge

with one slice he would see me

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Adrenochrome

royalty wandered the dark swamps

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Brave Enough

I wish I were brave enough to speak

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