Content indicator: reference to child sexual abuse. Once upon a time, a child was sexually abused. The abuse was reported, and the perpetrator was discerned. The perpetrator was apprehended, and duly appeared in court. The courts found them guilty, and the perpetrator was sentenced to a punishment befitting their crime. Justice was acquired. The child was subsequently looked after, psychologically rehabilitated, and nourished with love. And they all lived happily ever after (except for the baddies). The End About the author:
Holly is a mature student currently studying at the University of Leeds. Her work has appeared in: Stand; The Moth; Ink, Sweat &Tears, amongst others, and has also appeared in a number of anthologies. Her debut poetry collection, Dirty, is available from Yaffle Press.
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I turned the page, and now I see how a song, story or rhyme can illuminate For a single line from poetry, can inspire a brighter day of brighter health, both physical and mental For a sketch, a day or a collage or three will be my credential To be left without a hobby and art would be a day I would truly hate So I will find my place in the books they illustrate If I build others up, then I will reach my potential I turned the page, and now I see how a song, story or rhyme can illuminate For a single line from poetry, can inspire a brighter day of brighter health, both physical and mental It became a part of who I am, and so I will create I find quiet courage, as I change a landscape with each stencil I speak as freely now as the lines they drew with every artist's pencil Because it is the words from poems that I want to celebrate I turned the page, and now I see how a song, story or rhyme can illuminate For a single line from poetry, can inspire a brighter day of brighter health, both physical and mental. 'Bright' was previously published on a local, positive news magazine The Happy Hood.
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