How Can I Make It Right?
describes my internal conflict between the truth and a behavior pattern that seems impossible to break.
Does Love Reside Where I Cannot See?
expresses the distrust, confusion, and hopelessness that often accompanies language distortion of sex and love.
Daddy’s Words
Expresses the distorted connection between love and sexual performance.
Distorted Love
Sometimes poetry allows expression of emotion that prose does not allow. Writing these Sonnets helped me connect the thread of how my early experiences affected how I defined love and my relationships with others, with myself and how I interpreted everyday experiences.
Because We are Good
As I struggled to comprehend how God could love me, I struggled with an equally troubling question, “How could God love the family members who hurt me?”