by Tom M. | Sep 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
To my innocent inner child:I am you, from your future.I see you in an old photograph,from sixty years ago. You are four years old.You see daddy-Monster behind the camera.I see the frozen terror and distrust on your face.You have every reason to be scared. I feel the...
by Tom M. | May 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
Trigger Warning: This poem is a description of the disturbing reality of domestic violence as experienced by me around the age of six. If you are not in a good place to read such material, please stop here. I have no desire to retraumatize anyone. Several months ago,...
by Jane F. | Jan 24, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
“Janie, oh how I dreaded that name! It made me sound like such a little kid when I was the only one that’s good for anything; daddy said so. They didn’t even have a real God. “Not like mine!”My little girl butts in, “You’re not writing this right”. “Quit trying and...
