Creative Corner: Poetry by Ritual Abuse Survivors	Ritual Abuse, Ritual Crime and Healing

 

Strange Person

 

Strange child. Afraid of the neighbors.
The teachers. The strangers.
Running from kidnappers and monsters.
Asking what makes people die.
  
Strange youth. Cries from nowhere.
From everywhere. From who?
Yelling from without. Coming from within.
Must get away. Be loved or die.
 
Strange teen. A helpless child within.
A co-dependent. A friend to enemies.
Trapped in classes. Confined at work.
Can't hold her down or she'll die.
 
Strange adult. Abuse learned of too late.
Doctors were ignorant. Parents wrong.
Damage was done. A hundred times.
Stupid STUPID! She could have died!
 
Strange mind. Never a solid clue.
What did they do? WHAT did they DO?
The choking. The screaming. The flashes.
The fears. Relentless crying. Wanting to die.
 
Strange person. Smart but defeated.
Snuffed out by a reality
Incomprehensible and cruel.
Fighting for a life that died long ago.
 
A life that was murdered long ago.

© Tara

 

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