Most still in the shadows
those abused as children
hiding from the limelight
society not empowering them
giving them their voice
This story proves the point
so many victims of this monster
hiding from the limelight
taking so long for justice
for guilty verdicts in the court
How many others, silent, in the darkness
hiding from the limelight
in their homes, watching the news unfolding
those who like them are victims
touched when they were children
How many who were assaulted
in the darkness , the shadows, how many
were watching the unfolding story
as he was led away in disgrace
yet the story remaining
So many who could have acted
to stop this before it started;
so many who knew
hiding in the shadows, because
they would not be believed
Most stills in shadows
hiding from the limelight
these secrets to their graves
the ugly abuse of power
stealing their childhoods from them
================
edited
November 12, 2017
behind a mask
– v2
November 11,
2017
behind a mask
the
allegations in the news about
Alabama Senate
candidate Roy Moore
and a flood of
memories and feelings
&
edited November 12, 2017
the smell of the smoke – 2 – v4
edited June 6, 2015
the smell of the smoke – 2 – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited November 12, 2017
the scorch of fire – v3
edited May 29, 2015
the scorch of fire – v2
edited May 23, 2015
the scorch of the fire
edited May 22, 2015
the smell of the smoke – 2 – v2
May 21, 2015
the smell of the smoke - 2
May 19, 2015 and May 20, 2015
Focus on the Family
radio broadcasts
Helping Your Husband Overcome Childhood Sexual Abuse
(Part 1 of 2)
see transcript:
Helping Your Husband Overcome Childhood Sexual Abuse
(Part 2 of 2)
With Guests Cecil Murphey
and Gary Roe
The piece that caught my attention was the
statements about God placing hands on the side of the boy’s heart while being
sexually abused.
Unlike the story of the fiery furnace in Daniel
3:1-30, where Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had no smell of smoke on them,
victims of sexual abuse do have the smell of the smoke of that evil upon them,
even as God was with them in the fire.
&
edited
November 12, 2017
an unwanted
touch – v2
August 20, 2014
an unwanted
touch
Devozine for
August 18, 2014 to August 24, 2014
“+sexual struggles”
&
Habakkuk 3:1
(GNT)
devotion:
“Sexual Abuse”
national abuse
hotline
1-800-656-4673
devotion by
Kerri Voegeli
for August 19,
2014
read August
19, 2014
&
Edited November 13, 2017
Most still in shadows – v3
Edited December 9, 2013
Most still in shadows – v2
June 23, 2012
Most still in shadows
&
edited November 13, 2017
Buried within their soul – v2
June 23, 2012
Buried within their soul
&
edited November 13, 2017
How many were watching – v2
June 23, 2012
How many were watching
&
edited November 13, 2017
How many victims – v2
June 23, 2012
How many victims
based on comment by attorney for one of
the Sandusky victims
after the verdict
June 23, 2012
&
edited
November 12, 2017
I can
understand their anger – v2
November 18,
2011
I can
understand their anger
&
edited
November 12, 2017
A box around
these memories – v2
November 18,
2011
A box around
these memories
&
edited
November 12, 2017
A Walled off
Place – v2
November 18,
2011
A Walled-off
Place
&
edited
November 12, 2017
Under the Veil
of Silence – v3
November 18,
2011
Under the Veil
of Silence – v2
November 18,
2011
Under the Veil
of Silence
&
edited
November 12, 2017
Open the
Sealed Records – v2
November 18,
2011
Open the
Sealed Records
&
edited
November 12, 2017
On that Altar
of Football – v2
November 18,
2011
On that Altar
of Football
&
edited
November 12, 2017
When we
worship false Gods – v2
November 18, 2011
When we
worship false Gods
&
edited
November 12, 2017
At the trough
of their power – v2
November 18,
2011
At the trough
of their power
Sandusky
sexual abuse scandal
and
re-victimizing the children
in hearing his
defense and seeing him
on the
sidelines of the Penn State football games
over and over
again
and the same
for all adult victims of sexual abuse
hearing these
words and these images
and failure of
Penn State to release all documents
regarding the
scandal
&
edited
November 12, 2017
For me, a
stranger – v2
November 18,
2011
For me, a
stranger
&
edited November 12, 2017
Family Secrets – Revised – v4
edited January 10, 2016
Family Secrets – Revised – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited September 2, 2015
Family Secrets – Revised – v2
6/17/2004
Family Secrets - Revised
In 1973, the
same year my grandmother died, I was touched inappropriately
by a stranger
on a bike path between my house and the bottle dump where
I liked to go
digging. It was over 25 years before I mentioned it to anyone.
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