therapy

Dear Stanford Rape Victim

Jun 7, 2016

Verse

healing, hope, peace, poetry, power, rape, stanford, survivor, therapy, victim, voice

You are not a victim but a survivor. Victims are paralyzed survivors find strength in the pain You did not ask for this but now you’re shining, a lighthouse to those who did not get their day in court. Using your voice to testify against injustice of class and privilege not going quietly into the…
Resilience

Dec 10, 2012

Verse

anxiety, coping, coping mechanisms, depression, healing, overcoming, pain, poetry, Resilience, therapy, trauma, writing

Cleaning out Memories Like shattered glass Echoes of the past Webs of trauma deceit Control Dysfunction, The common thread Hold me captive There’s no release Clenched claws on my writing abilities Trail of tears, Searching for comfort From whoever abandonment I fear …