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Childhood Trauma Poems - Poems about Childhood Trauma

Childhood Trauma That Creates a Serial Killer
A bedroom door that never locked, Footsteps heavy like thunderclocks, Mother's wine glass, cracked and red, Words that bruised more than fists ever did. A closet full of whispered screams, Apologies lost in fevered dreams, Father's belt, a sermon preached, Love, a language never reached. A dog buried in silence deep, Secrets traded instead of sleep, Schoolyard eyes like hunting knives, Laughter echoing butchered lives. The smell...

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Categories: childhood trauma, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
A chain ended
At daggers drawn with no discharge in animosity Berated and mocked regardless of my actions or intentions Cant take much more, hell I'm 27 "Dont take it mate", bite that bullet Everything i hoped, friendship, closeness Fond memories few and far between Granted, i was not abused or physically neglected Had it all, school trips, gadgets, want for...

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Categories: childhood trauma, childhood, family, farewell, leaving,
Form: Abecedarian



I Was Friends With A Tree Once
It was a sugar maple. Fairly average in size, a good Number of branches, some Low enough to climb for a Child like myself. I was never very athletic, Hated all sorts of sports, But this tree, this one tree I could climb. I would scramble up her Branches in spring after School, and tell her all About my day, in my head Of course, because who In...

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Categories: childhood trauma, childhood, health, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love on the Dark Side
You senselessly hurt me, Then, demand I do not cry. You frustrate me, Then, unsympathetically, punish my display of anger. You ridicule me, Then, taunt me when I strive to win your approval. You swear long-standing tribal love and protection, Then, crush...

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Categories: childhood trauma, child abuse, childhood, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Maturity?
I've always been described as mature, yet not many know I grew up too fast, for trauma broke an innocent girl, her innocence, her happiness....

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Categories: childhood trauma, absence, abuse, child, child
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Beautiful Girls
I see the way your body dances through the halls of our home, how dirty you are. dirty little girl. My teacher said this is not what we do. Mom tells me this is bad. They’re wrong. Beautiful girls get lied to. Dad tells me not to do these things. This is because he does not love you. Beautiful...

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Categories: childhood trauma, abuse, angst, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member playground scars
Little Girl swings in the air, legs pumping, wind in hair the closest to flight she’ll ever be. freedom and fairytales whisper in her ears, telling her with each swing, she’ll be closer to the clouds. Little Girl and Little Boy swing in the air, legs pumping, wind in hair, ‘friends forever’ echo in their laughter. their shadows chase after them in the...

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Categories: childhood trauma, abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse
The number 2
Two houses is what I call home, with two kitchens and a bed in 2 places I roam, I walk the streets without knowing what’s next, could it be the worst or maybe be the best, with arguments I hear and the stuff that I see, is everything hidden under an oak tree, with...

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Categories: childhood trauma, anti bullying, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Buried
So many earths to unearth.... worlds that define my history like a geological time capsule; you see, I hid them from seas of terror in a world of fear. I shoveled them down for years, until I forgot how they look like. Sometimes I exhume them for remembrance, only to crowd my mind with unnecessary mess all over again.........

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Categories: childhood trauma, childhood, dark, history, home,
Form: Free verse
An Apology To All the Messed Up Kids
To all the kids that had it rough That when you were behind your home's walls, things got tough Hearing your parent's screams bounce off the walls. Listening through the cracks, their spiteful words making you fall To all the kids that love the most Even though they weren't given an example at home Seeing shattered...

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Categories: childhood trauma, child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Childhood Trauma In a Grown Man
Childhood trauma living inside of a grown man Sorry if I seem shut off and don't want to hold hands I understand if you don't want to stand next to me with my cold stance But there's childhood trauma still living inside this grown man Decade old wounds still bleeding with new ones on top Feels like I'm on the...

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Categories: childhood trauma, childhood, dark, depression, growing
Form: Rhyme
Childhood Trauma Signs
Substance or alcohol abuse, Number one. Joins a gang and carries a Gun. Makes bad decisions, Impulsive. Appears nervous, Often disruptive. Irresponsible with life And finances. Takes a lot of risky Chances. High emotions, no emotions, No in-between. Always in trouble, Can't get clean. Inability...

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Categories: childhood trauma, abuse, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Get Out
You live in my head Never paying a cent I pray for the day you are evicted And as much as I try to throw you out You drowned me in your quicksand Pulling me under So I can’t breathe Your way of reminding me That as badly as I may want it You’ll never leave I squeeze my...

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Categories: childhood trauma, body, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bark
Paper spiders everywhere Crawling through pinholes in my brain Cutting the corners of my mouth Tartaric taste curls my tongue Forming words I would never say An inferno of verbs Flying through gutted roots It’s warm butter to a blade Until the right ones land and spread That's when they begin to ricochet You’re only hurting yourself....

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Categories: childhood trauma, abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Childhood Trauma Strengthens Resolve
childhood trauma strengthened her resolve heartfelt survivors instinct perilously fearless...

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Categories: childhood trauma, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Kimo

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