Tag: your story matters
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SAFETY
All she asked is for you to be a safe place It is so sad, hurts her soul, hurts her spirit, hurts her heart Tears rolling down her face All she asked is for you to be a safe place ~ Peaceful Hearts Rise
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ABUSERS MAN UP
Done with all your sick waysYour F others parade Acting like you didn’t do anything wrongThe sickness, shame and blame to you it belongs
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SADNESS KNOWS
My sadness knowsWhat my soul needs My sadness knowsWhat people can’t give me My sadness knowsWhat I won’t accept My sadness knowsThe sad reality My sadness knowsMy family denies me My sadness knowsI won’t betray myself My sadness knowsFamily won’t be there for me My sadness knowsBetrayed by patriarchs My sadness knowsI have inner strength…
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SISTER ARMOR
My heart breaksMuch to take What to doHeard you Message on voicemailYour cries and tear hail
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THE WALL’S DOOR
Set up my boundaries with youNot to toss you as we’re through Boundaries are there for a healthy lifeTo continue as siblings: no strife Yet, I’m left hurt and questioning myselfShould I ignore my needs: boxed on the shelf
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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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I LOVE YELLOW
Shades of yellow I chooseMy coat, umbrella, shoes Yellow stands for my true soul: kindnessYou abusers: won’t ever possess Blessed I am with empathy and compassion I carryAs for you abusers deep hate on themselves: all buried
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DEAR FELLOW SURVIVORS
You are strongIgnore abuser saying your memory is wrong You are starsIgnore abuser making fun of your scars You are brightIgnore abuser stealing your light You are amazingIgnore abuser’s raging
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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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FIGHTER CREW
There are pictures in my mindOf things done to meI hear the words of unkindOf things said to me No more, the fighter in me criesI am worthy. I am enoughI matter. I will survive and thriveReclaimed power. I am enough
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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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WHAT IS GOING ON
I feel sadI am not mad What is going onWe have heard this for so long Is this a lieSaid straight to the eye
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