abuse
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How the clock ticked down throughout my teenage years.
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Surviving the end of an abusive relationship – means recognising and ignoring the guilting :
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I walked on tip toes for a good few years after learning to walk – I must have known the importance of having to stay quiet When I was told of for sneezing at the dinner table, I learned to sneeze, without making a noise Dont touch the water when peeing, too noisy Turn the…
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If the process of healing is like an onion One layer of tears at a timeOne more step towards the core Then wounds are like eyes They hurt when stung They are the raw, vulnerable awakening Of pain needing more work Raw exposed and seen Wound of black hurt The pupil, the dark eye in…
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I love when I read something and because im in a different time and place, it means something different to me, I see something different in the words and meaning that I didn’t before. When I studied hermeneutics as part of my theology studies and then personal research 10 years ago, I would have understood…
James Ballantyne 