The Devil You know
A blog for the voiceless
Tag: abuse
Dave was that kind of guy….
It was just past eight in the morning. When I came to terms with the fact Dave really hadn’t come home, I sat up in bed. I looked around my room which was painted an awful blue that he had picked when our house… Continue Reading “Dave was that kind of guy….”
Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.
I remember the first time I tried to kill myself. It was just honestly a break in the space-time continuum I had going after decades of pain. A momentary darkness, and a suffocating hopelessness that had knocked the wind out of me. I’d decided… Continue Reading “Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.”
Chapter 11 Excerpt: Love
Love. That word, that complex chemical reaction, that either fulfills you or breaks your soul in two. I’ve known one in my life. Glorious him. I knew the moment I heard his voice that I had no hope, it was at a bar in… Continue Reading “Chapter 11 Excerpt: Love”
A random childhood memory
The summer air was pungent in my nostrils when the car stopped in front of a house I had never seen before. Then my father got out, opened my door, and I remember vividly how heavy that lilac was in the air. In the… Continue Reading “A random childhood memory”
Excerpt Chapter 10:
**She’s remembering her second time and getting lost in her own thoughts as she sits in her car while trying to track down a man named Robert Negro – A convicted rapist and murderer whos “done his time” She find herself down the street… Continue Reading “Excerpt Chapter 10:”
Excerpt Chapter 3: My mother
**Trigger warning: The following piece contains graphic depictions of child abuse and alcoholism** My father told me I was born on the coldest night in January, 1978. My father, then nineteen with my mother who was eighteen, wrapped me in a blanket they bought… Continue Reading “Excerpt Chapter 3: My mother”
Excerpt: Chapter 1
I used to wake up every morning and tell myself the biggest lies about how everything would be ok. Now, I’ve come to terms with reality and I tell myself the truth. I tell everyone the truth about how I feel. Those things that… Continue Reading “Excerpt: Chapter 1”
When my mother passed away
Trigger warning: The following piece contains detailed description of death, alcoholism, suicide and child abuse. This is a true personal story. When I went to identify my mother’s body in the funeral home I opened the sealed envelope that contained her autopsy report. She… Continue Reading “When my mother passed away”
The Devil You know 