I agree that the subject matter was very disturbing, but the poem was ‘very moving’ too. It was very sad, but also such an insightful look into a child’s soul. I don’t know if she wrote it about herself, but if she did, it breaks my heart and gives me hope at the same time, bc she seems very caring and reasonable (except where HKS is concerned! LOL). Whether it was written about herself or someone else, Cousteau’s Daughter made me cry. I am fortunate in that I have no experiences with ‘sexual child abuse’ at all, but her WORDS are exactly as I imagine it might be for a child in that predicament. The poem is good bc it makes me COMPLETELY angry at the entire theme, but I can also see how the child goes into her mind to eventually completely remove herself from the atrocities being inflicted on her.
I’m sure that is probably more of an answer than you needed, but I didn’t want you to think I just really ‘liked’ poems about child abuse!
I didn’t think that at all. Whoever JD is, she writes beautifully.