Click the door and come inside.
From this point on, you don't need to hide.
This is a safe place.
Your lonliness will soon erase.
Here, we know we all have worries
Offering help when emotions flurry.
If you're having a bad day,
there's help here. It'll be okay.
You can go on chat or post on a forum.
Just be kind to others - proper decorum.
This is a place where everyone understands.The difficulties in life we know firsthand.
You'll soon become friends with those who listen.
No more will your heart be imprisoned.
It's a nice thing that I am able to say
the people on here truly do make my day.
They are so insightful.
Their hope is delightful.
Administrators offer heartwarming advice.
And everyone is listening even if their response is concise.
Fort Refuge is place of hope.
With people who are finding new ways to cope.
We are all warriors Who sTruggled in battle.
We all have strong minds - Ignoring the prattle.
We all are our own person[s]. We don't have to pretend.Above all we are survivors - who will fight till the end.
Really real
A little bud of consciousness
Born out of pain
Developed and grew
Thoughts and desires
Personality and voice
A soul
I am really real
The world does not know
Who really is real
Body may be the same
But I still feel
I am really real
I am Claire18 and freeI loveI laughI breathI moveI am really real It is her bodyHer armsHer legsMy soulI am really real I took her painI took her doubtsI held them allAnd protected this bodyWhy cant I live?Why cant I love?I am really real One day I will screamOne day I will shoutOne day they will hearOne day every one will KnowI am really real
Poem By StormyDaze:
There is a wonderful thing in this world,A circle of friendships that never end.Where you can be yourself without care,Talk about anything that you can share. I have found this circle on the web,Where there is understanding and truth.I am not alone in my suffering; the past,I have company that keeps me feeling sane at last. So for now I have friends I haven’t met, Not in person, just through their caring words.With support from each other and a caring ear,We stand up to fight the nightmares and fear. Sharing and soul searching together, We learn to heal and stand tall. United we stand, separate we fall,The circle is here to catch us all.Always.
Poem By JanuaryHorseWhen They Took Us Away
We felt trapped with no way out,
We didn’t know what this was all about,
It happened over and over again,
All we knew was the unstoppable pain,
We waited and waited but no one came,
We thought we were all to blame,
No one knew what went on in our house,
Not the things that were done by the Uncle, the dad and his spouse.
Until the day they took us away,
In their car with the red and blue lights,
They took us away and ended all the cursing and fights.
We were still scared, not knowing that we had found our way out,
But with a new mom to love and care for us,
We would find out how lucky we were when they took us away.
Poem By Anonymus
Shards of Glass
So poised, you wear a perfect smile.
Great pretender.
At least for now.
You're safe when no emotions show
For who can judge
If no one knows?
But hidden there, beneath your poise
Lies all the hurt.
A deafening noise
That yells and screams.
It's cold as ice.
But, it's your strength;
Your sacrifice.
I've heard you say
'No one can see what lies inside,
What's underneath
All the pretense.
The perfect smile."
But I can see.
I've walked that mile.
Your faith and trust like barren lands, or
Shards of glass
Within your hands.
What's lost is lost,
Yet life goes on as
We pretend there's nothing wrong.