Lasting Effects Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Ridding self of all the emotional turmoil and hatred that's been
mounting throughout the years, getting rid of the anger, pain
and hurt of being raped at last.

Ended it all with an annulment that will free the mind and heart
forever, memories of the horror and devastation will always be
there on interior screens of memories.

That is what happens when you've been traumatized so severely,
so deeply, the pain, hurt and anger becomes the particles and
fibers of your being within.

That it can never be gotten rid of, that's the lasting effects
of having been raped over and over again by a man, disgusting,
vile and perverted.