Your need for power
Trumps the vows you spoke to me.
I stand defeated.
Holy Matrimony
12 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Paradigms
07 May 2019 2 Comments
in Poetry Tags: abuse, anger, choices, decisions, denial, expectations, fear, grief, haiku, healing, hope, hurt, integrity, letting go, loss, love, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self, self awareness, self esteem, self worth, trauma, trust, truth, unconditional love
I’d rather be wrong
And have you say I’m nothing.
You ARE lovable.
Wall of Stone
17 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: abuse, anger, betrayal, denial, disappointment, endings, fear, grief, haiku, heart, hurt, pain, poem, poet, poetry, silence, waiting
Beaten by silence,
But behind that wall lives rage.
Which one wounds me most?
Haiku of the Fruitless Wait
14 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: abandon, abandonment, abuse, child, haiku, loss, love, parent, poem, poet, poetry, waiting
Twenty years you’ve stood,
Just waiting on that corner.
Wishing they would come.
The Arrogant Altruist (or #SorrynotSorry)
04 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: abuse, apologies, apology, feminism, habits, haiku, poem, poet, poetry, sorry, sorrynotsorry
How to stop habits?
These constant apologies…
For my existence.
Independence Day
13 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: abuse, domestic violence, free, Freedom, haiku, heal, healing, hurt, love, poem, poet, poetry, rape, self, violence, woman, women, worth
You know why you’ve lost?
Cause I didn’t cry once today.
I call that a win.
Sonnet for the Suffering
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: abuse, battle, Freedom, haiku, healing, love, magnolia, poem, poet, poetry, south, southern, strife, suffering, texas, war, white magnolia, wounded
White magnolia,
Sweet fragrance of my freedom.
Linger through my strife.
Proverbs 3:13
23 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: abuse, bible, domestic violence, haiku, happy, heal, healing, man, men, poem, poet, poetry, rape, self love, sexual assault, survivor, women
Happy is the man,
Who confesses to his crimes.
Wear what you have done.
