Silenced (Letter)

Dear Princess,

Many nights I've sat awake wondering how I could face reality, wishing you were safe. You are beautiful, intelligent, and above all you are ROYALTY. There are a lot of things we as females are told to “forget” if that is even possible, or not to talk about because of the way others may view us because of it.

However, let us try another approach to take back our innocence from the ones who found it necessary to take what wasn't theirs. 10 years ago my step father molested me. That is just it, he, a man that was supposed to protect me, molested me. As a child I, at that moment didn't know what that would mean for my future. I didn't realize that 3 years afterwards my biological father would be released from prison on parole, and the only way I could build a relationship with him was to finally tell my mother about the molestation. Upon the many days of investigation the cps opened to make sure everything was factual I found myself slipping into a depression, one that would last for 4 years. The reason I said anything about the molestation was for me, my sanity and the relationship between my father and I.

The problem with the generation that gave birth to us is that they find a reason to hide what should be out in the open; they've told us so long that “what happens in the house stays in the house.” That basically means that the bad things that happens we aren't allowed to talk about them, forcing us into silence. Silencing the youth was the worst thing they could have done. They made it seem like being quiet was okay, yet what would being quiet do except keep us from healing from what was done to us?

Be Bold, Speak Out.

Breanna Ausby