Tag: trapped and free
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BE ANGRY FOR HER
Daughter born into this worldHopes and dreams and fairy tales Her dad, your dad, your uncleYou know what he did to her You tell your sister: not hearing itYou say to her: he’s my dad, that’s it
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JACK IN THE BOX
Trauma, I don’t like you: a slimy foxAs I go through life: happiness aheadAnd like the child toy Jack in the boxOut pops trauma’s triggers: those ugly heads Makes my heart sad: so many people like meWalking around: trauma inside to be healedHumans weren’t created for evil decreesOf inhumane wickedness: cruel business deals I’m tired […]
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THE CARNIVAL FAKE RIDE
I returned my ticket todayDone with manipulation plays Your wicked ways make me sick: want to throw upScared kid in a grown man: adult sippy cup I am one of the lucky ones who got awayEducating others: deal breaker flag display
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LOW LIFE MAN
Cannot think of you as humanIf I do, then I will let you hurt me againI thank God I am not like youYou will forever be the same You go right to threatsYou go right to trickeryYou go right to manipulationYou go right to punishment
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PEACE PROTECTION
There is a lot of good out thereReal ones: not false agenda careLove doesn’t hurt: words and handLove listens to understand Don’t let negativity inGive it back and tell themThis message I don’t receiveWill no longer be deceived
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CRUMBLED UP PAPER
Pulled with a fierce shookOut of the spiral notebookTore the fringes off your sideUnworthiness implied Writing on you so hardTheir hurtful imprint wordsSeen now: wooden table topFrustrations on you: won’t stop
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THRIVER PERMISSION SLIP
Woke up this morning the same wayReady to live: but those feelings stay Feelings of feeling lessFeelings: not like the rest Years of life: survivingWaking up now: thriving Except something stops meI’m afraid of feeling free
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KNOCK IT OFF: GAME OVER
Who do you think you areHurting, controlling, threateningDestroyer in a jarScaring, manipulating Your words no longer matterNot picking up the gameYour hurtful words splatterOf your cruelty soul shame
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PAJAMAS SUFFERING
This time of yearWarmer weatherDisgust and fearAssaulted her Can’t let him winGet it out: writePatriarch sinHer flashback fight
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I KNOW I WILL BE OKAY
Something clicked in me this morningI am grateful for this beautiful messageOne of love, protection, securingFather, son, Holy Ghost, angel blesses
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CROSSWALK
I am living in fearHe put the fear in meI try to act like I’m not afraid of himBut I am I mean here he was my husbandand he threatened to throw me out a third floor windowHe threatened to get a hit man on me
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SAD SUNFLOWER
Blue and yellowOver thereThis sunflowerNeeding care A yellow maskShows we’re okayWears dawn to duskYears: day to day
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DEAR YOUNGER SISTER
I want to rescue youI see what you’re going through Sadness in your voiceYou feel trapped: no choice Pull to rescue you is strongIt has been there all along
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BIRDS OF PREY
We sitBird-wing clippedSubmitUnequipped Years of hurtsHave taken their tollYears of threatsNo longer feel whole
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WHERE IS MY COWBOY
Strong and independent is what I strive.But there’s a part of me that attracts a certain kind.It is the ones who don’t love me completely.I have begun, to wonder, is it me? Never had a man in my life who just chose me.My dad, my protector did something to me in his bedroom when I […]
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DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE
I know I am not the only oneThis is what I seePeople around me under the sunLiving: are they free? Since I was a child of a young ageI saw injustice and hurtsI felt people’s pain and hidden rageSpirits low: truths needing to burst
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SURVIVOR TREE
This is for all the onesWho were betrayed by someoneThis is for all the onesWho were hurt and shunned
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I SEE YOU CHILD
There is so much to sayEach and every dayThere is so much to doTo heal what they put you through
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DEAR JESUS
Hallelujah is what I sayAs you you rose today: Easter DayThank you for the love and hope you giveTo show us that we, too, will forever live
Butterfly Wings 