my write to heal is a poetic memoir about abuse and healing. It is a container of feelings, experiences, and thoughts that the author kept to herself during the course of the physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. Alice Gilmore eventually found the safety and courage to break her silence, and it was her voice that unlocked the cages that kept her trapped inside the cycle of abuse that held her captive for three years. Alice writes to heal, but she also hopes that in sharing her story she can inspire other victims/survivors of abuse to tell their own. Little by little, dismantling the stigma and shame that keeps them quiet.