Sexual violence;

does not respect age,

it sees no colour or class,

it isn’t provoked.

Anyone, from women in elderly care homes to children in safe “respectable” families can be a survivor of sexual violence.

Watford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line provides counselling and support, either by telephone or face to face, for women and girls over 16 who have been raped or sexually abused.

I am thinking of a
woman who walked into
the waters of a river with
stones in her pockets
I am thinking of the
waters of my life
I am thinking of the
stones in my pocket
All women are born with
stones in their pockets
Empty them, empty them
Empty them - and swim

Written by survivor of sexual abuse