Sexual Abuse - Inner Child - Terza Rima (Sonnet)
Yes I was sexually abused. I wanted this to go somewhere, as pain. Into something beautiful so that it could leave me be for a while, at least. It’s 2:12am. Fitting isn’t it? Would not have known about Terza Rima. If it wasn’t for Mike Singleton and Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin, I will link below the ones I read and loved from them both. And do you know who I got the idea from, writing my name at the end? K. B Silver, I look up to her so much too. I humbly welcome her with a shoutout on my list of reads 🤗♥️
Ethereal child —hide behind my eyes
Carmine — dipped in scenes of crime against me ©️
Love so incandescent, froze within cries
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Strangers — fingers — on me in the gloaming
Hold me down in bed of flies and roses
Past lit soul —penumbra spreads out —roaming ©️
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Wherever I go I go —it travels there too
Obscurity splits and stabs—morphine
Recall halcyon days —I’m fine —I’m fine ©️
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Set my skin alive —burn till you feel — sigh
Die tenebrous self waits to strike
Forgive — forget, so you could be mine — high ©️
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Mind of a child leads you to swollen eyes
But the sun is —heat —ready to burn flies
~Caitlin Charlton ~ CC
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Comments (16)
The world can be such a monstrous place, and I’m so sorry you had to undergo such a horrific experience at such a young age. I can’t imagine how difficult this was to write, but you have created something truly amazing here. ♥️
You took something traumatic and turned it into something beautiful. And profoundly so. Hugs....one of the best modern sonnets written.
Caitlin, you transformed a horrific experience into art, and I commend you for this. "Wherever I go I go —it travels there too," stuck with me, made me sit for a moment, thinking about personal abuse encounters. I hope that writing this sonnet gives your inner child some peace. She's been struggling for far too long. Your ending, with the sun ready to burn flies, hints at life anew, and this made me smile. Powerful and emotive work! 🌹
Writing this I hope helped a little bit with what has occurred in the past. Good work.
First off, I'm sorry for your experience. I will never understand someone that intentionally hurts another person. Second, this is great writing and I hope it healed you atleast a little <3 All the love and hugs to you.
Love and virtual hugs to you, Caitlin ❤️🙏 Set my skin alive —burn till you feel — sigh 🙏
You have managed to create something beautiful from your pain in your poem, Caitlin. The line ‘Hold me down in a bed of flies and roses’ cuts deeply. I’m sorry you had to experience such horror!
PHOAR! This gets under the skin. Very well constructed and expressed Sonnet. Powerful work Caitlin. I am so sorry to hear of your past experience. 💚
This hurts. I feel for you Caitlin, no child should have their innocence, safety, and happiness destroyed. Your poem was difficult to read because it’s so heavy, but still, it was very well written. Your words really convey the chaos and confusion that comes with this sort of trauma. Truly monstrous that anyone would prey on defenseless kids. Makes me depressed to know that so many little ones face this kind of terror. I hope you’ve found ways to heal
I'm starting to think just about everyone has dealt with some form of abuse in their lifetime. ;-; Much love.
Oh, Caitlin, I have no words to express how sorry I am for what you went through. I just can’t understand how someone can do this to a kid. Like Dharrsheena said, I hope this was therapeutic for you. I also hope you have now enough love and support to heal from this experience.
I'll never understand how abusers find pleasure in what they do. It's demented and ruins innocence. I'm so sorry. This was brave of you to share. The poem itself paints a sensation I've never felt. God bless...
I'm so sorry that this happened to you 🥺 I was sexually abused too, as a child. I hope writing this was therapeutic for you. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
So 💔'ng... 😔 Powerful writing with an impactful. I'm sorry that that happened to you...
Hi Caitlin, very nice. I love the Terza Rima format. I introduced Mike to it, and he uses it a bit now. It is a kind of controlled rhyme in a small dose. Your words were very heartfelt. Sorry this happened to you. Sorry, I haven't been around for a few days. I had to have some laser surgery on my eye for two retinal detachments.
I was physically and emotionally abused, and I know how hard it is to deal with those feelings. Thank you for this. 🩶