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This poem was written in response to my therapist asking me to write what shame felt like to me. AT age 2 I was taken from my bio mother and put in this foster home where I was abused.
My Name Is Shame
My name is Shame
I live inside of you
Whatever you say
Whatever you do
Is just not good enough
My name is Shame
I live in your mind
I am not sweet
Nor am I very kind
I caused you to feel
That you have no self worth
I didnt arrive
The day of your birth
I came much later
I think you were two
I saw it in your eyes
You were sad you were blue
It was then that I knew
I would take over your soul
And all that Id leave
Was a deep dark black hole
My name is Shame
I live inside of you
Whatever you say
Whatever you do
Is just not good enough
I murdered your spirit
When he touched you that day
There was nothing you could do
There was nothing you could say
You were only 4
A sad little girl
Lonely and forgotten
Alone in the world
I entered your life
No safe place could you find
I invaded your body
I invaded your mind
I caused you to feel
So empty inside
A pain thats so deep
You wished you had died
My name is Shame
I am felt at the core
I set you up to think youre a whore
The day that he touched you
Was the day that I saw
I could do damage and
So very much more.
You have no place to run
I am everything you feel
You were sexually abused
Its really no big deal
Your rage, your anger
Stuff them as well
Youre a bad little child
And I am your hell
I love to make you cry and feel so very sad
I love to make you angry
I love to make you mad
And then I tell you, your feelings
They are wrong
That you basically are nothing
That you dont belong
I am ugly and devious
A thorn in your side and
All you can do is
Run away and hide
Im your worst nightmare
I am there when you sleep
I am there when you cry
I am your tears when you weep
But you need me now, until you can see
That my purpose is useless
Only then Ill be free
Never to return and enter your soul
Uncovering the lies
The Truth will unfold
My name is Shame
I live in your mind
I am not sweet
Nor am I very kind
Jeanette 2006
My Name Is Shame
My name is Shame
I live inside of you
Whatever you say
Whatever you do
Is just not good enough
My name is Shame
I live in your mind
I am not sweet
Nor am I very kind
I caused you to feel
That you have no self worth
I didnt arrive
The day of your birth
I came much later
I think you were two
I saw it in your eyes
You were sad you were blue
It was then that I knew
I would take over your soul
And all that Id leave
Was a deep dark black hole
My name is Shame
I live inside of you
Whatever you say
Whatever you do
Is just not good enough
I murdered your spirit
When he touched you that day
There was nothing you could do
There was nothing you could say
You were only 4
A sad little girl
Lonely and forgotten
Alone in the world
I entered your life
No safe place could you find
I invaded your body
I invaded your mind
I caused you to feel
So empty inside
A pain thats so deep
You wished you had died
My name is Shame
I am felt at the core
I set you up to think youre a whore
The day that he touched you
Was the day that I saw
I could do damage and
So very much more.
You have no place to run
I am everything you feel
You were sexually abused
Its really no big deal
Your rage, your anger
Stuff them as well
Youre a bad little child
And I am your hell
I love to make you cry and feel so very sad
I love to make you angry
I love to make you mad
And then I tell you, your feelings
They are wrong
That you basically are nothing
That you dont belong
I am ugly and devious
A thorn in your side and
All you can do is
Run away and hide
Im your worst nightmare
I am there when you sleep
I am there when you cry
I am your tears when you weep
But you need me now, until you can see
That my purpose is useless
Only then Ill be free
Never to return and enter your soul
Uncovering the lies
The Truth will unfold
My name is Shame
I live in your mind
I am not sweet
Nor am I very kind
Jeanette 2006
deleted_user
What a great poem! It expresses how I feel about shame too! Great job...keep writing more poetry!!
deleted_user
wow you could be writing about me there thats an amazing piece of poetry well done x
deleted_user
Very moving and ever word right, well done, darling x
deleted_user
You wrote like you have lived in my soul. Thank you for sharing.
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