although i’m roman catholic, i have to give praise to your writing. it would ridiculous and intolerant for me to say this piece is obscene or offensive just because i come from a certain background. to be honest, i enjoyed reading it a lot. why? i love the intensity of your words. i read the entire thing about five times, trying to absorb it in. i don’t think i blinked once. the word choice was grand. excellent job.

that's sad... my story, Forest of Secrets, follows the same idea (rape by priests) but i can only put the prolouge on here...

oh wow. i am speechless. this is beautifully written. very caustic, but it's wonderful. my stuttering will not allow me to say anything more than incoherent babble. this is going on faves.

(oh & thanks so much for your perpetual reviews. greatly appreciated :])

Very direct, bitter.

Urgh, that was so awesome. It was the kind of awesome where you're like "Ah, yes," kind of like... you needed something like that or you ate something delicious and now you're comfortably full. Very well done. The imagery was like whoa (hehe, sorry, my brain has been juiced already today, i've got nothing left) and muy muy powerful. Brava. Interesting concept too, me likee.

. marie

Holy hypocrisy, I love this. It moves so quickly. When I read this, I didn't breathe. Not for detrimental purposes. I was so focused on the raw brilliance of this, I forgot.

this is beautiful. and the truth is, the catholic religion (in all it's well-hidden little nooks and crannies) really is like this.

all i can say is...i don't know what i can say, actually. " .wretched" what's a more powerful word for powerful? this is...yeah.

Wicked, but I should probably expect wickedness froma persephone, eh? Hehe. Personally I enjoy this poem quite a lot. Very unique style. ' .wretched.' seems a little off. Did you mean she'd died on the cross? Or actually mean shed? Just a tad lost me there, but that's okay because I love the poem anyways.

Wow. That's... truly amazing. Amazing. No words would do it justice.

very moving. i like your style & aim. the parentheses, run-on words, capitalization etc. camouflage the words in a way, making it easier for the reader to "swallow". kind of distracts, but in a necessary way. the poem would be far too point-blank without it. i think this is the first poem i've seen where this kind of style was almost necessary instead of just a good addition. kudos.

-salt.

Strong.

Wow. Great with the ducttape and Christianity. Great poem.

how can i not agree. really, sometimes i feel like inventing my own religion.

very very very very well written, i'm just wondering what could have possibly inspired this. curious.

That is terrifying but beautifully written. There is just so much power in this. In so few words.