Poetry in the Garden: Mind Guards the Gate
Thursday, June 20th
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Black Rock Branch
Mind Guards the Gate
You are cordially invited to a Poetry Reading and Book Signing Event in the Black Rock Reading Garden by Poet & Essayist Raymond Tucker reciting from his newly published book, Mind Guards the Gate: A book of inspirational poetry and essays written to and for those who have suffered and continue to suffer childhood sexual abuse and trauma.
It is estimated that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 7 boys under the age of twelve are sexually abused by someone they know.
“Last Night I had a Dream”
I saw a little boy
Who did not understand,
What was being done to him
At his fathers hand;
With nowhere to run
And no place to hide,
He built himself a box
Deep inside his mind