Don'T Suffer In The Silence Poem by susan brealey

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

Speak out against sexual abuse.
It didn't just happen to me,
it happened to people I know.

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

My mother, my sisters, my brother,
my female friends, my male friends.
It has happened to the people I love.

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

Don't let it go on any longer!
It could happen to you,
it could happen to the people you love too!

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

How many more must be misused
before the sexual abuse stops?
How much longer until the world sees we have a problem?

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

These people are mothers, fathers,
daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, and friends.
If we are this close to those people why do we not know when it happens?

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

You're not alone,
I swear to you,
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

This is not the end,
if you have been sexually abused.
And it is NOT all you are worth, because you are worth SO much more!

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

Don't fool yourself into believing it was your fault,
Don't let yourself believe you deserved it,
NONE of it was your fault- NO matter what.

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

You're not alone and I am your proof.
Raped at four years of age, molested at age 13.
I'm still alive and I will fight sexual abuse until the day I die.

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!

Please be honest with yourself,
if you know something happened,
please tell someone- don't suffer in the silence.

SHATTER THE SILENCE!
BREAK THE BARRIERS!
CUT THE CHAINS!