One in Four gives survivors of child sexual abuse a voice. Through written personal accounts, artwork and poetry we support survivors to express the impact of their experiences and share these to educate and inform others about how a history of child sexual abuse can shape adult lives.
Here's something I wrote a long time ago (think I was about 17-18 years old) about my first love, shortly after I told her what I'd been through she decided she couldn't deal with it and she dumped me… DreamingThe happy dreams often make me cryBut the bad ones are...
You stole my childhood, with your sickness and liesYou made me feel sick and disgusting and filthy insideWell guess what c***head, you can't touch me no moreFor I am an adult, closing that doorYour face makes me sick and if you were hereI would burn that body until it...
A tribute to the spirit and resilience of the ten-year-old girl I once knew who survived the evil cleric paedophile she had the misfortune to meet… August KissesWarm and sweetSanguine scentedRose flushed youthLost in summer’sGleeful glowing lightWhile all the whileThe...
Once there was darkness and fear insideNo self-worth and a lack of prideI was always running away from meDetermined to escape who I might beOne day the running just had to endAnd my troubled mind began to mendI faced the truth and braved the stormThen re-emerged to a...
I told you I was filled with terror, my whole childhood ripped from my heart and thrown to the woves, my head was crowded with the echoes of voices scratching the raw under-side of my skull in a frenzy to escape I told you that yesterday held only fear for me,...
Love speaks a nameAnd golden radiance blooms in the nightHold your hand steadyAnd breathe softlyFor in my heartWhich nestles in your palmIs fragile and may take flightLove speaks a nameAnd golden radiance touches a welcome pathLight your beacon proudlyAnd know your...