He gave me a book to read.
It kept me awake
through the night.
It read my mind.
It told my life.
I was happy because
I was not crazy.
Some of the fear vanished.
I knew.
There were words for it:
I had been battered and abused.
I knew rage,
confusion,
Pain and sadness.
Now I was awakened.
A rebirth
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Rebirth by Eva Haughie
Watercolor on paper
18" x 24" c. 1990
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