by Esme Johnson | Dec 12, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Poetry, Guest Contributor
A Glimmer of Hope, a Survivor Poem. (trigger warning) Those things, you know, they ripped apart my childish soul Greedily grabbed and pulled out its beating heart They chewed it up, spat it out with contempt and Stamped upon it as it lay dying in the mud. Then you...
by Esme Johnson | Dec 6, 2019 | CPTSD Poetry, CPTSD Survivor Stories
For So Long…A Thank You, to the compassionate witnesses that caught me just in time. (trigger warning)thank you, t For so long, a tortuous lifetime no doubt, Trapped in a medieval pinball machine No rubber bumper obstacles to bounce between. Instead, an...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 23, 2018 | CPTSD Poetry
I’m a survivor, that’s what I do I did not give up then I do not give up now I will battle to my last breath Fighting long-held lies with the truth I am scared I am battle-worn And I admit, I’m exhausted Yet, I keep fighting on I’ve been through deepest hell Have...
