I wrote this on June 22, 2024

If I had been there on that day

I wonder how I would have swayed

The day they yelled to crucify

The savior destined there to die

Would I have sold him out…

I wrote The Torment Away From God when I was suffering the harmful effects of religious and emotional abuse. I believed in a God that I had to earn my approval and love from. I thought I had to work…

This is a poem that reflects the struggle it is to accept abuse. I wrote this back in 2019 and was having the most difficult time placing blame on my abusers. I still believed that I was the problem because…