You are scared to post your trauma Detailing it makes it real But sharing your experience Is the only way to heal It's hard to process your assault With thoughts swirling in your head And nobody who understands All the memories you dread You don't want to be a victim Or a martyr for the cause But you’re done being complicit When it feels like life’s on “pause” You’re afraid of people’s judgments And their doubts and misplaced blame So you’ve been bottling the past And then living life ashamed The details are very graphic And the topic is taboo People try to understand it But end up avoiding you The internet is permanent And everything can be tracked So once your stories are out there There’s no way to take them back You’ll lose all sense of privacy With your whole life on display But you need to share your trauma So the guilt will go away
Written June 2020
Talking Through Trauma 