Poetry

A Garden of Healing: Poems by Survivors and Their Allies

A Gift to the Healing Grove

from The Fae Gatekeeper of Dreams


Let your hearth welcome me with warm flames
as warm and soothing as your arms
away from the tyranny of reality
and those that will pain you with regret

Let your branches cling to me with hope
That I shall always persevere 
and forget dismal thoughts and nightmares
overshadowed by your inspiration

For many have suffered
through pain
hatred
and lack of compassion
but in your grove, survivors find
unconditional, undying love

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Introduction

The poet John Keats said, "truth is beauty, and beauty truth." It takes great courage to tell the absolute truth, from the depths of your soul. It takes even more courage to show that truth to the world. For survivors of incest, molestation, and other abuse, the challenge is magnified a thousandfold. These poets have overcome shame, powerlessness, threats, fear, even danger to their lives, to share their truth. The act of taking your emotions, your pain, the ugliness of your past and shaping it into art, of expressing your soul's truth, is incredibly powerful. It frees our minds and spirits.

Reading these poems can be difficult, especially if you are a survivor. They aren't graphic or explicit, yet the emotions they evoke are very strong. So go slowly and savor them. And know you are not alone. If you are not a survivor, you have been given a precious gift. You will gain insight into the pain of abuse, the consolation of spirituality, and the transformative power of creativity. Above all, you will see the beauty, grace and courage of the human spirit. Enjoy.

Poetry

by Wiccan and Pagan Survivors

	Strength by Kelly Ruger
	Untitled ("When I was eight I was groped by the sheriffs wife") by Chris Van Dyke
	Mother Mary and Me by Holly Harwood Goodwin
	Untitled ("Oh Goddess show me how") by Sparkalittlefire
	Untitled II ("Oh Goddess please hear me...") by Sparkalittlefire
	My Bardic Heart by Sparkalittlefire
	an ode to my birth mother by Sparkalittlefire
	Untitled III ("Storms on the horizon") by Sparkalittlefire
	Untitled ("What Words Cannot Tell") by mysoulwhispers
	What the Mirror Saw by mysoulwhispers

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