Abuse

He loves me
He holds my hand
He loves me not
He tightens his grip around my wrist...

Wednesday night, crouched on my beige couch, book in hand.
A book about a fairy, a boy and a pirate...

A huge part of my life had been taken away but The people around me never knew that i had a Verbal Gun held...

I keep the past in boxes
On differing levels.
Those that caused me the most pain
Are...

As I walk down the hall I am sore
“What is a whore?”
I walk to the car
“Will it leave...

Love and Lust
Two very different things
Love is trust
Lust makes flings
Love...

Things I Remember

Sunshine holidays, Ice cream cones
Blackened eyes, broken bones Mum’s...

I invited you into my World
And fed you tea and oranges
You with so little to offer me...

It’s 2011, I’m 14 and I’ve just a confession.
It’s my first glimpse of female oppression.
Not...

Allow me to set forth the proposition
I've got some invitations
I'm going to let you read my...

Promised
A wash
Clean clothes
Fed and
Watered
Instead
Hand in...

They took your innocence away,
A little girl who had no say,
The victim of their sick...

What if Everytime you cried yourself to sleep it stained your face.
How many people wouldn't go out...

Forevermore.
Living life as an afterthought
I drift as if I am eternal flotsam
...

Everyday in school
I'm always quiet and shy
Because everytime I try to talk
I'm always...

Sugar is sweet
For I am weak
Corporations
Fooling
The world
From...

A child should not be filled with fear,
or wracked with sobs, each bitter tear
that falls...