Broken Wolf Broken Bones

By D. Black Isiordia

A journey through child abuse, neglect, surviving a cult, and sexual assault; this poetry diary navigates the life of a scapegoat in an abusive household

filled with narcissists and sociopaths. This book will resonate with anyone who has ever dealt with any form of abuse and is in search of healing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. Black Isiordia
• Release date: Jan 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781087861166

Book preview

Some say the devil

child ran & fell

Some say it jumped

No one could tell

Red was the first color I knew

it was the color of pain.

black purple and blue were next

they were the colors that hid

under long sleeves on a hot summer day

yellow meant wet sheets

in the middle of the night

      but green . . .

green was my favorite

it was the color of her eyes

green like the color of pines

Maybe I’m slowly turning into stone

Bones heavy not my own

Maybe I’ll end up unheard unknown

Just a name on a gravestone

Water was for drowning

Fire was for burning

Wind knocked over

Earth shook

There was no standing still with you

Heavy darkness swept over you as a child

In return you created your own

Now you fight about which darkness is darker

Maybe you should ask the white jars you poured it into

My skin soaked up

The black and blue

And turned it into ink

I’m trying

I’m crying

Stop lying

I’m dying

She drew into herself

night after night

like a flower that refused the sun

She didn’t even need the rain

my god how you’ve changed

my god how you haven’t

She rescued birds

because she knew

what it was like to have

                                                her

                                                      wings