These poems were written throughout my healing journey as I have healed from rape, family dynamics, bullying, grief, and more. Some are new and some are old, but all have been an important part of my journey.
I share them here with you in hopes that they help you too. And if not, maybe they’ll just bring a new view on healing from trauma.
All poems are my own and all images are from my travels around the globe.
You’ve haunted me for years.
I’ve seen you in the shadows.
I’ve tried to forget your face,
And how you hung me in the gallows.
I thought you should know
I see through your façade.
You’re not charming at all,
You’re really just a fraud.
I didn’t even know you
When you began spreading lies.
I didn’t even know your name
When you decided to tarnish mine.
I don’t care what you think of me
Or what you label wrong,
I don’t care how I “should” behave
I’ll just keep singing this song.
When a heart breaks
It breaks in many ways,
Sometimes in half,
Other times it’s chipped
I sat alone in a tree
And looked on down,
At a world filled with chaos
And celebrity clowns.
While you forgot about me,
I saw your face everywhere I went.
While you lived your life,
I lived in flashbacks.
Do you live with regrets?
Cause I have quite a few,
One of them being
Spending time with you.
Hey, it’s so nice to see you
I’m not sure how long it’s been.
You look like you’re well
But do you have scars within?
I was just a little girl
When you broke my world.
I was just a small child
When you took away my wild.
I know you feel lost
And don’t know where to turn.
That’s why I light the road
With candles that burn
I love you.
You will not feel like this forever.
I am here for you.
I am not scared of you.
Are you ever original?
Or just a copycat?
Always watching others,
Imitating this and that?
I hate that you’re small-minded
And refuse to see the truth,
That not everything around you
Is happening to you.
They domesticated me
They caught me in the wild.
They ravaged my body
When I was only a child.
To the sweetest one within,
Remember you are innocent.
You are not to blame,
And are truly magnificent.
Have you heard of the tale
Of the witch in the woods?
The one who only comes out
When God says she should?
You walked into my life
And I thought you were fantastic.
I think I accidentally
Placed you on a pedestal.
We played games,
We went back and forth,
One step forward, two steps back.
I thought we were equal
Please don’t come around here,
You’re not welcome at my door.
After years of torment,
I’ve decided I want no more.
They think they get it,
They really do.
They preach of knowledge,
And the “right” thing to do.
I peer through the screen,
And glance at your life.
It appears you’re the same.
Still beautiful.
I wade through the waters
Searching through the wreckage.
Where is my self-worth?
Have you seen it?
Hey there, do you remember me?
Or do I not even ring a bell?
I think about you all the time
Your face haunts my personal hell.
