Tag: childhood trauma

  • Living in a War Zone

    Living in a War Zone

    I live in a world of afters I don’t remember before Only the consequences I never asked for A war torn landscape Bomb shelled buildings Never fixed I’ve called this place home Doing my best To make it beautiful Praying it doesn’t collapse Lacking the know how to fix it Not knowing it needed fixing Read more

  • I Know I’m Healing, But My Trauma Still Makes Me Cry

    I Know I’m Healing, But My Trauma Still Makes Me Cry

    I wrote the following words last August, when I was finally brave enough to face my fear and look at my trauma head on. It took an entire day for the words to pour out of me. I couldn’t keep them inside me anymore. I have not gone back and read them since, so this Read more