Colleen Millsteed
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My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Emergency Room Visit To Have My Stomach Pumped At Such A Young Age
I lived a very traumatic childhood, parts of which I can never forget. For those of you that have read my story titled, Nine Years Of Age And Too Terrified Too Sleep, you will have read about a small portion of my trauma. This story is a result of the rules that were put in place for me during that period.
By Colleen Millsteed 4 years ago in Confessions
Without You I Would Have Had To Sell My Soul To Survive
Dear Bruce, Do you remember in 1991 I hitched a ride from Kununurra to Darwin with a couple of truck drivers. This was not a planned journey, as I was running from my abusive husband. What I was going to do when I hit Darwin? I had no idea.
By Colleen Millsteed 4 years ago in Confessions
