(V) Violence
(S) Sexual References
In the Asylum
The asylum was run by a religious order, but there were also lay staff there.
Some were kind, but those in control were cruel.
Terrible atrocities were done by them, to myself and the other inmates.
Their sexual abuse of us was rampant.
A female imposter inmate carved her name in my forearm, with a sharp knife.
Parts of my brain were cut out, and I was given electric shocks,
by "the gentleman" who had been staying upstairs at Herdwick Manor.
And I have no doubt that Corinne was actively involved.
But, the worst for me was this -
A month or so, after entering the asylum,
I gave birth to two beautiful little babies, one boy and one girl.
The staff left them in the room with me.
But, they had heavily sedated me with some drug,
which left me conscious, but barely able to move.
During the night,
a certain, particularly cruel nursing sister came into the room.
In the pale light, I saw her take the blanket that was wrapped around my little boy,
and she smothered him with it, dead, then left the room.
Well, no drugs were going to hold be back from saving him.
I fought those drugs, no matter how hard it was to get up from that bed.
I went over to him and seeing his lifeless body, frantically tried to think of what to do.
Then I automatically bent down and gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation,
something that was not yet known in that world.
With overwhelming relief, I saw that he started to breathe again.
My little boy was alive !!
text (c) Katherine Stuart 2017
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