My Writing Themes: One Deep Root
Drafting, editing, and world building are the sapling in the sunlight, but the seed and roots that come first are the writer’s true creation story. As a child I often Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: child abuse
Breaking
What a little girl shouldn’t have to understand, knowing there was no magic, no safe place, no fantasy land. In the dark, not sleeping, holding tight the doll she swore Continue Reading →
The Wait
In school, she painted a smile, sat in her seat with her hand down, and hoped one day her heart would mend. She was tired of waiting, tired of wishing Continue Reading →
Remembering Oz
Kidnapped, or I must have been. Taken to that dark place too many children know. Wondering why, yet never understanding. Scared to face the night, but the days held more Continue Reading →
Never Make a Sound
Each night would fall so hard, yet never make a sound. Behind walls he could walk through, you could never risk a sound. That’s what victims do, isn’t it? Never Continue Reading →
Waiting
She waited. It was a hiding place, but not hidden enough. She waited for the soft voice, but the soft voice never came, never reassured. She waited for the soft Continue Reading →
Discarded Future
Cornered. Cowering. Darkness near… no child deserves to hurt and fear. Targeted. Abused. Our future cries, discarded, impoverished, denied. ©March 2016, Christina Anne Hawthorne
That Night
A child’s voice lingering, screaming without making a sound. Did you think about a lifetime of suffering, about the lingering consequences, that night? Was it your anger and hatred surfacing, Continue Reading →