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    Purple Eyes
    Purple Eyes
    Purple Eyes
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    Purple Eyes

    By Shalight Saja

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    Purple Eyes is a collection of poetry written during a young woman's healing process after six years of abuse. It is a story of the early stages of her journey toward defining herself by who she wants to be rather than by what has happened to her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShalight Saja
    Release dateApr 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301179282
    Purple Eyes
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    Shalight Saja

    Shalight Saja is a fighter and chooses to be defined as such. She is an eighteen-year-old survivor of years of physical, emotional, and sexual assault by a familial same-sex perpetrator. Yet she has been blessed by a Father who loves her, friends who support her, and pens lying atop blank paper. Shalight began writing as an outlet for venting at age twelve. As her understanding of what was happening deepened, so did her love for poetry. Venting became vocalizing, and writing became her tool to explain to herself and others what she has experienced. She does this through her collection of poetry, Purple Eyes.

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      Book preview

      Purple Eyes - Shalight Saja

      PURPLE EYES

      by Shalight Saja

      Purple Eyes

      by Shalight Saja

      Rivershore Books

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 by Shalight Saja

      DEDICATION

      To the broken woman

      To the broken man

      To the supporter

      To the survivor

      To those who fight

      Remember you do not fight alone.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      NO WORDS

      BEDTIME STORIES

      TOGETHER

      STUPID

      FEBRUARY

      LEAVE ME ALONE

      PROOF

      BUTTERFLY

      GONE

      TORNADO

      LAST WORDS

      SNOW PRINCESS

      RESTRAINED

      YOU AND I

      DESCARTES DREAM

      MYSTERY

      PRAYER

      TEMPTATION

      WANT

      MANTRAS

      LAST HOPE BLINDED

      BIRTHDAY

      NIGHT PRAYER

      LIES

      INSTIGATOR AND I

      9:00

      BEGINNING TO FEEL

      THE NIGHT YOU TOLD ME

      THANK YOU

      SUMMERTIME

      SINCERELY

      LOOK

      WRITER’S BLOCK

      VICTORY

      DAMAGED GOODS

      DON’T DIE

      MISSING SHADE OF BLUE

      SING

      THE RULE OF UNIVERSALITY

      HOME

      HEAVEN

      THE NIGHT I LEFT

      HELP

      WORST CASE SCENARIO

      TEARS

      ESCAPE

      GIVE ME HOPE

      NAME OF THE DREAMER

      TOMORROW

      GRATEFUL

      WELL-CHILDREN

      MIRROR, MIRROR PART I

      MIRROR, MIRROR PART II

      MIRROR, MIRROR PART III

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      FIND SHALIGHT ONLINE

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      For the first twenty-four hours after receiving a black eye, there is nothing you can do to hide it. Ice can take away swelling, but not color. Cover up can only cover up so much. It’s on display for the whole world to see.

      Twenty-five hours after receiving a black eye, it can be hidden. The simple solution?

      Purple eyeshadow.

      Available in the cosmetics aisle. Just a few dollars and a quick swipe with an applicator.

      And no one will ever know.

      NO WORDS

      Trust betrayed

      Broken heart

      Child afraid

      Torn apart

      Left behind

      Tortured soul

      Strength confined

      Lost control

      Soul tested

      Heart withdrawn

      Body unrested

      Feeling gone

      Worth overthrown

      Chilling dream

      All alone

      Silent scream

      BEDTIME STORIES

      This is the stuff of fairy tales.

      Not the happy stories with which we humor children, but the real stories. Real life. Reality.

      This is the story of the Sleeping Beauty who is still stuck in a hundred-year nightmare.

      This is the story of the Cinderella who never let the fairy godmother close enough to help.

      This is the story of the Little Mermaid who was never strong enough to find her voice and speak out.

      This is the story of the Beauty who loved the

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