Poetry — Refracting Hope

$Refracting Hope$

Poetry

These poems are a mix of dark and light, the serious and less so - which shows you see, that PTSD is not all of me! Trauma, grief, parodies of songs, frustration with study –

I write about pretty much anything.

You’ll find the poems about child abuse in the Trigger Warning section of the site.

Each blog post is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Eye of the beholder

Eye of the beholder

Hope Gordon9 May 2024hope gordon, perspective, cats scratch furniture

Three poems on the death of a friend

Three poems on the death of a friend

Hope Gordon2 May 2024hope gordon, death of a friend, grief, death and friendship

Put it down to insane grief

Put it down to insane grief

Hope Gordon2 February 2023

May your 2023...

May your 2023...

My New Year wish for you.

Hope Gordon5 January 2023

Caterpillar karma

Caterpillar karma

Hope Gordon2 April 2022

Sorrow is

Sorrow is

Sorrow is the endless longing for a child never born.

Hope Gordon2 December 2021infertility, loss of a child, infertile, hope for a child, hope gordon, loss of a baby, sorrow baby, ghost child, longing for a baby

Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 lockdown

The Covid-19 lockdowns trigger my PTSD.

Hope Gordon2 November 2021covid-19 ptsd, coronavirus ptsd, covid lockdown, ptsd covid lockdown, trauma lockdown, delta and ptsd, coping with lockdown, childhood abuse covid lockdown, childhood trauma lockdown, childhood trauma covid, post traumatic stress disorder and covid, impact of covid on ptsd, covid triggers, covid and trauma, hope gordon, covid australia

Beauty

Beauty

Hope Gordon14 October 2021ptsd hope, ptsd faith, ptsd person, ptsd suicide, ptsd journey, hope gordon

Pandemic soup

Pandemic soup

Poverty and environmental destruction are ingredients in the development of pandemics.

Hope Gordon29 July 2021pandemic and poverty, covid-19, environment and pandemic, poverty and disease, hope gordon

Together we create

Together we create

Hope Gordon1 May 2021creation, together we create, hope gordon, working together, creative, partnership, pain creation

Stuck to damaged hearts

Stuck to damaged hearts

Hope Gordon26 April 2021ptsd support, lost and found, support person, ptsd anchor, hope gordon, mother hen ptsd, comfort ptsd

Un-peaced (version 2)

Un-peaced (version 2)

Hope Gordon18 April 2021PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD peaceful, hope gordon, no peace, traumatised brain, traumatised mind

Un-peaced (version 1)

Un-peaced (version 1)

Hope Gordon18 April 2021PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, no peace, PTSD peaceful, traumatised brain, trauma mind, hope gordon

The voices who steal light

The voices who steal light

My inner voices are like hands squeezing light from my soul.

Hope Gordon14 March 2021inner scream, impact of abuse, inner pain, childhood trauma, child abuse, PTSD, PTSD scream, abuse PTSD, hope gordon, post traumatic stress disorder

Powerless for my own good

Powerless for my own good

Sometimes even the best of intentions can be triggering.

Hope Gordon21 September 2020abuse control, echo from the past, impact of abuse, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, child abuse powerless, hope gordon

Wolfish rage

Wolfish rage

All who crush Hope, beware.

Hope Gordon21 September 2020PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, wolfish rage, hope gordon, repressed anger, wolf, inner wolf, child abuse coping

Fury

Fury

Fury is fear out of control.

Hope Gordon9 July 2020anger and fear, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD and anger, hope gordon, impact of abuse, childhood trauma, child abuse powerless, abuse violence

Inside, deep down inside of me

Inside, deep down inside of me

Hidden deep inside, the real me screams.

Hope Gordon9 July 2020PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, childhood trauma, child abuse, abuse shatter, inner scream, hope gordon, PTSD scream

Late for work

A sleep-in that wasn’t worth it.

Hope Gordon9 July 2020late for work, hope gordon

What haunts the night

What haunts the night

My dangerous darkness.

Hope Gordon9 July 2020abuse pain, inner pain, child abuse, childhood trauma, impact of abuse, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, hope gordon