Verbal abuse, what’s the payoff?Distance, disconnection, abandonment.I don’t matter, I don’t belong; sense of community lost.No trust or accountability. No safety, no safe-harbor.Up in my tree as soon as I could get away.Comfort, nurture, understanding, support from my tree. Physical abuse, what’s the payoff?Transferring fear and terror held in my dadinto my little body, and […]
