~Poetry is NOT dead!~
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~I hope you enjoy today’s poems~
Abuse and Neglect
people are talking
I can feel them
their accusations
fly under my skin
I’ll be walking
in the kitchen
voices begin
screaming at me
from within
PTSD is inside of me
bringing the past back
with a cruel force
of clarity
trying to block it out
becomes a daily reality
it’s sometimes louder than real life can be
remembering childhood from before I was three
memories of torture and never being happy
never want to go back there, but my mind keeps taking me
to the place I had tried for so long to break free
knowing what it’s like to feel trapped and alone
not safe outside or in my own home
keep it a secret from the outside world
even when I tried to tell, I was not heard
no one would believe this little kid
and here is the result of what abuse and neglect did
~Poetry is NOT dead!~
It Won’t Stop Happening
you left her there
through the night
terrified
in her haunted room
knowing the walls had breath
and golden cords tied her up
knives
she wished for death
no hope
no love
not wanting love from others
not understanding the reason for love
thinking it always ended in pain
wanting to avoid that pain
pain in life
pain in death
more scared to live than to die
needing help
walking her fingers up the lighthouse music box
she stopped
and remembering the freedom
of the ocean
waves crashing in her mind
brilliant night sky
walking away
finally realizing freedom will someday come
not knowing how to survive the years
she drifted into a fantasy world
and fell asleep in a hammock of thorns
misery mixed with insanity
chaotic living
not worth the doing
not worth remembering
but then again, it won’t stop happening
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