Reclaiming Myself

By Lynndel Schuurman

Lynndel Schuurmans poetry reflects her personal journey of healing and self-reclamation from sexual abuse. She was once unable to express the words and pain verbally, and so poetry became the avenue of release that set her story free and released the debilitating pain and burden held within.

Join Lynndel on this powerful journey of self-discovery that seeks to encourage you, instill hope, and help you as you reclaim yourself.

Visit Lynndel online at www.thestillnesswithin.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452590219

Lynndel Schuurman

Lynndel Schuurman presently lives in Alberta, Canada. Her practice, the Stillness Within, assists others with their healing journey using a variety of energy modalities.

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RECLAIMING

MYSELF

LYNNDEL SCHUURMAN

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Copyright © 2014 LYNNDEL SCHUURMAN.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-9020-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-9021-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014900931

Balboa Press rev. date: 02/03/14

Contents

Gratitude

For Lynndel

The Story Behind the Tears

25 years ago, I started writing poetry when bits and pieces of flashbacks began to emerge from being sexually abused. I tried to piece together what had happened to me, but I blocked out a lot of what had occurred. I could not process the pain and trauma, and I could not speak about it. Writing these poems was my form of expression.

The Voice Of A Child

Once Upon A Long Time Ago

Poisoned

Forgotten

A Pained Tear

Free Me

A Glass Prison

Invisible

The Wall

The Truth Behind These Eyes

When Will I Be Okay

The Forgotten Child

Safe

Peace??

Me Me Me….

Shadows

I Stand Before You

A Wish

Falling

Silenced

The Tears Remain

All I Wanted

I Cry

I Will

Reclaiming Myself

No Mercy

Something Is Going To Give

Letting Go

Two years ago, a shift occurred. I began to open, to let go, to start to heal. I found