Poem About Overcoming A Trauma, Spoken From Ruins

Poem About Overcoming A Trauma

I wrote this for someone in my life who experienced something way too common in our lives. As it would be I know it applies to many. My only hope is that it brings hope to the many. She remained confident in not letting it consume her. She was determined. She is a survivor.

Featured Shared Story

No Stories yet, You can be the first!

Spoken From Ruins

Published by Family Friend Poems April 4, 2026 with permission of the Author.

They took her light, 
left her hollowed,
or so they thought.

Eyes flood as her color fades, 
A dungeon of echoes, 
where her scream still burns against the stone.

Mastering the language of silence, 
to breathe through the bruises, 
to wear her skin like armor even when she trembled.

Her nights were harsh, 
serpents coiling her dreams,
Whispering through,
She is the wreckage of her own making.

But she kept breathing, 
a defiance so small it became divine.

In the graveyard of her own flesh, 
She planted something stubborn, 
a seed of rage, a seed of mercy.

To rise from ash and shadow, 
forged together by her own hands. 
No forgiveness owed, no purity stolen.

Her body is hers! 
Her name is hers! 
The darkness that swallowed her, 
now kneels when she speaks.

She is you.

Meaningful Poem