In life there are many things that Need light shined on them. In my darkness you shine your light, In my pain you shine your light, When...

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Here is a link to my podcast that I just recorded that tells my true story of surviving military sexual trauma....

You are the enemy I fight every single day, You are constantly there, I do my best to keep you at bay, I do not know when you are going...

Feeling unheard, Feeling unseen, Feeling disrespected, Was at counseling appointment, Therapist looked at me and told me to Stop writing...

I want to be in my body, I want my body to be my home, I want to feel that my body is safe, I want to be connected to my feelings, But I...

Discharged from Military since I developed Post Traumatic Stress from being raped, I hurt my knee doing my job, I tried to get care for...

Knee Pain please go away, I cannot take this pain anymore, You make doing my job of damage control That much harder and I have trouble...

Feeling alone, Made mistake of trying to reach out to advocate, Was told that she did not care, I was just needing someone to listen,...

Why? It’s too hard to understand Too hard to comprehend Too hard to deal with Flashbacks, nightmares,betrayal, rage, Replayed over and...

I am a girl that has experienced hatred from men, Have been told that abuse does Not matter since I am a girl and invisible, Have been...

Forgiveness Forgiveness, One of those things I have heard a few times from different people through my life, Many times I got angry,...

PTSD and Body Memories During medical exam, I get triggered, I am breathing very shallow. Flashbacks come, Heart pounding in my chest, My...

Thought that I could run away from the pain, Darkness followed me and caused even more pain, Another heinous crime committed against me,...

How I have avoided you, How I do not feel connected to you, How I want nothing to do with you, How I want no one to touch you, This past...

Missing the innocent girl, I was Miss the trusting girl I was, I miss the girl who chased her dream to serve her country Thinking that...

A poem written on November 12, 2007 while on deployment on USS Ronald Reagan Look around and all you see is a huge ship, There are tons...

A poem Written on January 24, 2014 Enlisted to serve my country to chase a dream To be part of something bigger then myself That has the...

A poem written on October 1, 2006, while I was deployment on USS Ronald Reagan. Inside Look inside of yourself, Listen to this little...

You were not there when I was eleven years’ old And a friend forced me to give him oral sex, You were not there when I was choking and...