Letter to (you know who you are)

Again I ummed and erred about sharing this as something I wrote yesterday as part of a "Take Action" piece that I wanted to work on to ditch the poison I still have inside. But in the spirit of true transparency, there goes... xx




Letter to (you know who you are)

You know what you did to me and I thought it was my fault. For years I thought that I did something wrong, but it was you, not me. You took my trust and abused it, and for all these years it has eaten me up inside, that in some way I was to blame. But now I know that you made the choice, I did nothing. I wish that I had said something when it happened but I did not understand, I was confused, and now that I do, I feel too much time has passed. I could trace you and confront you, but what would that achieve? So instead I am writing you a letter, which others will see, to rid me of your influence and my guilt. Because although for you it was decades ago, for me it feels like just yesterday and each time that someone looks at me, because I fear that they will try something too. But not everyone’s like you, and I want to move on and not live in fear of something that might or might not happen again. You had your power over me – the power of silence – but now I’m telling, potentially the whole world will see, and now I have the power and I’m saying STOP to your influence over me. Good riddance.