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Childhood Abuse Poems

CRACKED MIRROR

...I stared into the mirror too long
And it finally broke beneath my gaze
Not from age, neither from accident 
But the weight of truths I dared not face.

I saw a childhood in pieces
stitched toge...

Categories: childhood abuse, 12th grade, abuse, age,
Form: Free verse

Foot In Hand

...As we’ve aged (tried retirement), sleep-patterns have changed.
I am staying up later! Sleep gravitates, ebbs
less from forces that rule in a drive to work job
(where one must leave home’s relative...

Categories: childhood abuse, age, friendship, love,
Form: Rhyme

Woman In Chains

...She lately hears lyric nightingale at the sole window,
And through its bars witnesses a melancholy moon,
And her heart longs for the freedom of velvety flight,
But lessons she now knows weren't le...

Categories: childhood abuse, abuse, angst, hope, innocence,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

On Days When Emotions Erupt

...
calamine lotion
phisohex soaks, itchy ooze 
poison ivy hell

~ ~ ~

Johnson's Paste Wax (floors)
wooden spoon on knuckles:  smack!
wash dishes. repeat.

~ ~ ~ 

round dent in ha...

Categories: childhood abuse, childhood,
Form: Haiku

Desert Daughter

...Desert Daughter

She had a daughter in the desert:

A daughter who lived near the mountains and palms
She loved to take beautiful photos of flowers and birds
Hike the cliffs, see the sun rise a...

Categories: childhood abuse, death, mother, sad, sister,
Form: Free verse

Convalescence

...Convalescence is possible with the renewal of faith.
Each resuscitation may be found in the power of healing.
I have found rehabilitation from a disease of the mind,
a malady that only existed...

Categories: childhood abuse, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse

Out of the Darkness

...The edge of the darkness lay right before him, the next step along his path. Light waiting to consume him, waiting to immediately reveal the secrets of his past. Hesitation follows, the darkness had ...

Categories: childhood abuse, betrayal, child abuse, depression,
Form: Free verse

Victimized

...I sit with heart breaking,
Why is my son forsaking?

I look back at my past tomorrows,
Thinking, the next day, no sorrows.

I did my best, with what was given,
With my childhood abuse-unforgiv...

Categories: childhood abuse, abuse, family, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse

Run Away, Away From Childhood Abuse

...Turn around, face me
You yelled as my walk became a run
Don't know what I'm running from,
Run from something worth chasing, I go
My heart beat, it just won't slow
Why the hell are you standing t...

Categories: childhood abuse, angst, childhood, confusion, father,
Form: I do not know?

Love Me Past the Pain

...Lord I come to you in prayer at this moment
You already know what I need but you need me to ask anyway
So I come to you, I come to you as your willing and humble servant
I'm here to ask you God. P...

Categories: childhood abuse, devotion, inspirational, life, uplifting,
Form: Lyric