Braveheart's Dance
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Mother
When we're born you're meant to protect us all.
Be there to catch us when we fall.
You teach us respect & how to play by the rules.
Send us into the world with all the right tools.
You weren't there for me & I didn't understand
I was reaching out for you but couldn't find your hand.
I was only a child, just nine years old.
I needed a comforting hand to hold.
The secret stayed with me for many years.
I learnt to wipe away my own tears.
Some mother's have got it & some mother's don't.
Some mother's try & some mother's won't.
I do love you mum but still can't understand.
Why weren't you there to hold my hand?
Denial
Looking in the mirror, Is that a grey hair I see?
No, it can't be. Not me!
I turn so I can see better in the light.
Oh my god, It's bloody white!
My tutor says it could be down to stress.
but does the same apply to my chest?
My hair can easily be sorted with a dye
but my chest, it used to point to the sky!
It used to be seen before I walked through the door
now it's almost polishing the floor.
Finding hair in unusual places
I'm starting to look like i've been put through my paces.
Come on lord, for goodness sake.
I'm only 32, please give me a break.
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About the Book
Braveheart's Dance is a book of poetry covering one girl's life as she struggle's through the harsh lessons thrown at her starting from the age of nine years old. She has to find the strength to overcome Sexual Abuse & being let down by family members. She faces this alone & finds herself in a violent relationship years later. Again she has to fight, alone. For the sake of her children she has to gain the confidence & courage to leave the life she has known for too many years. She needs to break the cycle if she's to give her children the life she never had.
Braveheart's Dance is about living through Domestic Violence as a young woman, learning to love, heartbreak, life, death & daring to love again. This is a book about self discovery & courage. It's the emotions of an everyday girl, written from the heart.
If you have ever been in any of these situations or want to understand how a person feels when on the receiving end of any of these experience's, then this book is for you. It's living proof that if you look inside yourself, you can get through anything. All you have to do is believe.
About the Author
T J Joinson is an ordinary young mother with three children, living in Sunderland, England. She currently attends the City of Sunderland University where she is studying English & Creative Writing as a mature student.
She come's from an unstable family environment & throughout her life has had to deal with abuse, being failed by family members & the British Justice System. Her life hasn't been easy but alone she has confronted it all.
She is living proof that life can get tough but with strength & courage we can achieve the things we deserve. She live's every day with a smile & her head held high, in a city that has captured her heart.
T J Joinson is no longer a 'victim', she is a 'SURVIVOR'.