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avant-gardeSenior Contributor25 Nov 2024, 10:10 pm AEDT

Running

"Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice"

My life is all about a lack of choice.

I'm alive because death would've outed him, it would have sealed his fate in prison.

TW: cultic, rape, trafficking, torture

I'm the daughter of a Satanist...

One trained to breed...

One pregnant at 6 years old...

One prostituted to whoever could afford her...

The girl her dad didn't want...

One men hired to have fun with...

One men experimented with...

One who was tortured for speaking up...

One trained for the sole purpose to please her buyer...

Regardless of age...

Still though...

One who never stayed silent...

One who broke free... twice...

One who rose up...

One who seeks to prove them wrong...

One who has been running for 15 years...

One who just needs to feel heard...

One who went through hell and survived...

That this Phoenix can rise...

She will not be burned...

She's proven that...

I have proven that...

I'm 35 and 90% of those I've been in prolonged abusive situations insufficient evidence for prosecution

A system that protects the abuser more than the survivor

And yet I still try

I don't try for me, I try for the ones after me, the ones like me, that they will see their justice

But for now I run...

From a dad that wants me silenced...

From the nightmares that plague my sleep...

From the memories that invade my mind...

From the choices made for me...

Didn't expect that to come out as poetic as it did

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rav3nSenior Contributor11 Apr 2025, 8:18 pm AEST

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@avant-garde nice! do you do other sports too?

i still need to learn to play solitaire. the treadmills at my gym have the card game so i tried playing it but once, but i think i played it wrong lol.

got any plans for this weekend?

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor11 Apr 2025, 8:24 pm AEST

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@rav3n

I think my opposite neighbour is moving out... I like her... she's the only other female I know in my little complex...

It's kind of caught me off guard...

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rav3nSenior Contributor11 Apr 2025, 9:14 pm AEST

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@avant-garde oh noo 😕 totally fair to be caught off guard, i know i'd feel upset. did you get any info around who's going to be living in your neighbour's place?

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor11 Apr 2025, 9:17 pm AEST

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@rav3n

communication... huh... no... they don't believe in THAT here!

There's a fair whack of empty units at the moment so who knows, hopefully another female, otherwise all my neighbours will be male...

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rav3nSenior Contributor11 Apr 2025, 10:09 pm AEST

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@avant-garde ughhh that's frustratingggg!! and i get that it probs doesn't feel super safe, i got my fingers crossed that you get some female neighbours real soon.

i gotta hop off, i'll catch ya next time. hope you rest up 💙

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor12 Apr 2025, 11:35 am AEST

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TW: abuse, exploitation

Content/trigger warning

I think of my abusers
all that have hurt me
I think of where they are
how they can live free

I think of all the girls
the little girls like me
raised in cultic households
to be who they're told to be

I think of all the pain
every tear that's cried
like I didn't make a difference
to the ones I left behind

when will I see justice
where does my story fit
with the dozens of children
who haven't come forward

will we get our day in court?
will my dad be forced to listen?
the part he played in all of this
will he be made to take account?

holding onto God's justice
it doesn't feel enough
I feel my voice is silenced
that my past isn't bad enough

I think of what he did to me
more what he did to them
the ones that came after me
the ones I had to train

confused, scared little girls
who just wanted to be saved
to not know what that looked like
told that they had to be brave

how I led them to the slaughter
like what had been done to me
am I at all to blame?
for what I didn't see?

will we ever see our justice
will we ever be truly free
from the abusers of our pasts
and the shame we refuse to see

I think of my abusersall that have hurt meI think of where they arehow they can live freeI think of all the girlsthe little girls like meraised in cultic householdsto be who they're told to beI think of all the painevery tear that's criedlike I didn't make a differenceto the ones I left behindwhen will I see justicewhere does my story fitwith the dozens of childrenwho haven't come forwardwill we get our day in court?will my dad be forced to listen?the part he played in all of thiswill he be made to take account?holding onto God's justiceit doesn't feel enoughI feel my voice is silencedthat my past isn't bad enoughI think of what he did to memore what he did to themthe ones that came after methe ones I had to trainconfused, scared little girlswho just wanted to be savedto not know what that looked liketold that they had to be bravehow I led them to the slaughterlike what had been done to meam I at all to blame?for what I didn't see?will we ever see our justicewill we ever be truly freefrom the abusers of our pastsand the shame we refuse to see

I need some support with this one...

@Jynx @rav3n @tyme @MJG017

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tymeModerator12 Apr 2025, 1:06 pm AEST

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Hey @avant-garde ,

Thank you for sharing. I can see how the words flow out in poetry.

I'm sorry you had to (an continue to) endure this pain.

At this time, can I clarify, what does support look like for you? I know in the past that it wasn't about getting answers, but more for someone to hear and validate you. Other times, you just wanted a hug.

I'm open to hearing so hopefully I get it right 🙂

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MJG017Senior Contributor12 Apr 2025, 1:32 pm AEST

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@avant-garde

I don't really have any answers for you, just that you shouldn't blame yourself for any of it. You already have to deal with so much, don't put blame on top of that either. You really don't deserve that. I just hope that you do eventually get the justice for the people that were to blame. I know it won't change anything but it's the very least you deserve to see happen. Sending you some positive vibes right now.

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor12 Apr 2025, 1:50 pm AEST

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@MJG017 - thank you

@tyme - I know I've done everything that I can to stop them but so much of me blames myself for not getting them out, I know it's not my fault but my heart tells me it is.

The book I finished last night was "what is a girl worth" by Rachel Denhollander... there were hundreds of girls... numerous investigations... dozens of reports... so many that spoke up... only to be cast aside and dismissed...

I need people to see that with mine... to see the pain I carry for not being able to stop it... to tell me I don't deserve it... because maybe hearing it from someone else... maybe it will help my heart to believe...

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor12 Apr 2025, 4:16 pm AEST

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@Jynx?

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