I find myself in songs often,
but from all the songs that I’ve ever heard there are only two that always get to me. Flower is one of them. (Hannah, 23)
When I hear the lyrics for the first time at a concert, I started crying, it all came back to me again. I know there are many people that have been hurt, their body or their mind or even both. I was just 15 - “and I’m too young for this” – and he was my fathers best friend…it instantly disgusts me.
It was never easy to talk about it, but when I did, when I reported him to the police, I felt liberated. But I wasn’t completely liberated. I started to rebell against myself. I started to cut myself in all the places he had touched me – “look, five deep cuts”. The court sentenced him to two years probation. Two years, for ruining a child.
I have come to terms with it, but when you played Flower, it was all there again. There are so many broken people out there. As hard as it sounds, this part of my life has made me the person I am today... and I can be proud of that.