Hi Roxanne,
I will read your poem on Poetry.com, I also have several poems on Poetry.com
I wanted to wish you good luck on your surgery, I am having Surgery on the same day. I will be sending up prayers for all of us having surgery on July 29th.
Know that you are not alone, I was abused as a child by my step-father and I was raped by a stranger when I was 13. I did not realize that I was not alone until my Freshman year in College. Since then, I have obtained a Degree in Women's Studies, Worked as a student coordinator of our Women's Center, counceled women that have been sexually assulted, and abused and organized, spoken at and supported "Take Back The Night" Rally's.
You are not Alone!
iw24@cornell.edu