Poem

Unresolved Issues

Unresolved Issues

Some of my struggles with steps 2 & 3)Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity.Step 3: Made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understand God.Two decades of childhood domestic violence...

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A Child Of God Died Today

A Child Of God Died Today

A child of God died today.When I see my parents as children I see the abuse andNeglect they survived.I see them as hurt, helpless souls trying to make senseOut of a life that must have seemed senseless.A child of God died today.What do we see when we look at a picture...

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A Candle for Me

A Candle for Me

“I don’t create poetry, I create myself. For me, my poems are a way to me”. Edith SodergranIn grade five I wrote my first poemcalled, “Winter"in a little, red schoolhouseon a little, small deskwith my little, small handThe teacher promised to publish it.I think she...

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But Somone Has It Worse

But Somone Has It Worse

How often I have heardthat someone has it worse.With eight billion people,this statement is certainly true.Yet this truth denies my truth –that my trauma is real –that my health was endangered –that my sanity was at risk.I grew up with domestic violence.Others have...

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