About my poetry
I started writing in my teens because I needed to make sense of, and wanted to share, the years I was trapped in a very horrible childhood.

Was what I experienced worse than that by others? I know now that this question I used to ask myself does not matter, as all abuse is unacceptable and that any level of abuse can and does damage lives.

Throughout everything I have maintained a very positive outlook on life and am able to see what was done to me was not my fault and that I could have not stopped what happened to my sister and mother.

Twenty years on from my escape I continue to write. Recently since I took my poetry out of the draw where it had been hiding for all those years and started to share it in online her and in communities for poets, such as neopoet and poetrysoup, my interest in writing has been reinvigorated by the many comments I have received.

Whilst many people are clearly disturbed by much of what I have writen about my past, I hope that by sharing my experiences that I can help raise awareness of child abuse, and if just one person acts to help a child who has been abused, then something good may just come out of what I went through.

And if you were abused, and since talking about this so many people have told me their own horrific tales, I guess we're all part of a very large club whose membership card we can't give back.


Christopher

what people say about my poems

Cruelty to children can stop - please support the NSPCC