One reason I started writing about my own experiences of being abused was to give a voice to those who are still afraid to speak out… I was one of them for most of my life. It was not until I reached my sixties that my outrage overcame my fears. It took me a long time to reach the point where I could tell my truth, and poetry is the only vehicle I have been able to use to reach the larger world. Child/Self is my one and only prose poem. It is a perspective on the lifelong damage of child abuse, an attempt to show how survivors can become emotionally stuck in one part of their development and continue to grow in others. I am in my seventies now, and am still impacted by my childhood abuse every day. I know the subject of child abuse is a tough one, but it is so prevalent and damaging in our society. I very much hope my words will help other survivors to speak out in their own ways. Child/Self by Margaret Vidale Tw...
Women's Spiritual Poetry