Written by: The Gatehouse

POEM ONE

Fearing with much dread, Is my Life with its every breath. Sure I am dying alive, But don't want to end it now. The sorrow and strange torment on me, From head and within …
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May 21, 2022

INNOCENCE LOST

I was a child whose life had barely begun You crept into my room and took me from by bed I trusted you and you violated me How could you You stole my innocence …
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May 21, 2022

I HEAR YOU

I hear you. I see you. Something happened to you that never should have happened. It wasn’t your fault. Come share your voice. Be heard. Be believed. Find trust and safety again. I’m right …
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May 21, 2022

The Burn Barrel

A tenuous ego sits waiting for memories folded warm and cozy…aware of their place in the shadows, amongst the mold and cobwebs of emotional death. The artifacts of youth mark the precipice…without anchorment their …
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May 21, 2022

Untitled

I didn’t know how to tell Who to tell I felt scared and unsafe to tell I was 9 when I realized something was no longer right Not good It was happening as far …
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May 21, 2022

Trauma

What happens to my trauma? Does it vanish like a magician’s trick? Or does it eat away at me burnt up- empty and sick? Or does it harden me brittle and quick? Or does …
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May 21, 2022

In my early years

In my early years Living in many tears They unknown passed by Which made me tremble As much as the hands that came by
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May 21, 2022

Resetting

Still, I find them in their prisons, but they love me... I ask them to show me how they got there. Their distress and nightmares become mine... Some places we glimpse and run, they …
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May 21, 2022

Empowering Canvases

Ink blotted canvases filled with words of despair and anger, mixed with an overwhelming sense of anguish. Admittance and guilt is shown through the poor excuses of a man. Should’ve, could’ve, would’ve, but didn’t …
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May 21, 2022

The Gatehouse