Touch Me, Don't

[step]

When someone has been abused, no matter the form, they are often robbed of so much...including, for some, the ability to even say "Ouch!" (an important step on the road to lasting healing). The following is offered for those who cannot find the words within themselves to begin....

Touch Me, Don't

Cringed in the cavern of my mind, I scream:
Is this for real? Or is it a dream?
Could I'd have been wrong? Oh, how could it be
That what I've just been through should happen to me?
Flesh that is burning! Heart split asunder!
Has this storm passed yet?...I still feel the thunder!
Couldn't you have loved me and I'd loved you back?
Where's the sunshine? Why's it so black?
Touching you nearness is all that I wanted,
But when you came losely, my life became haunted!
Do yo know that I loved you?...that you were endeared?
Why leave my heart sore, wounded, and smeared?
These are the things that I don't understand,
As I live in the questions 'bout the touch of a hand.

Step

To me, never has one been so healed, as the one who has been truly heard...Step

 

[Victorian Rose]

Thank you for sharing. I have been in that place.

 

[lampwicke]

Dear Step,
I have heard those words hundreds of times,yet to begin can be as fearful as change can be,let alone Gods healing? God offers,His healing,and unfortunatly many do not wish to even go through the thought of reliving the words of their story again.This is our God showing us each time He nudges us to step out on the water, healing awaits,but it has to be your choice to confront you to bring it about.Only through deep commitment,with a willingness to be guided by the Holy Spirit,through your choice,(doing your part, like your salvation), will anyone set into motion their healing.Could you believe that as Romans 8:28 states?, any circumstance "works together for your good" even through abuse? Deep isn't it? Gods ways are not our ways ,His thoughts not our thoughts, God will do whatever it takes to prepare anyone (His children) for Eternal life with Him. In His love, lampwicke xxx

 

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