Daniellla talks to us about leaving the organization and then being shunned by her family and friends because she was no longer a member.  She speaks about the effect that it’s had on her.  She experienced abuse in her life prior to joining the JW organization and has experienced spiritual abuse while a member.  She states that the JWs are a heartless doomsday cult. Daniella also shares some of her poetry with us.  Below is an exerpt from her poem titled “Shunned.”

Shunned

If the hills had eyes

they'd see people that hate 

or hear people 

that call us escapees

apostates 

because we expose 

the watchtower's

cheapskate awakes

so gullible people

will dig deep 

and donate 

they'll knock on your door 

using God as a tool 

to draw in society's

downtrodden fools 

that lack self esteem 

to use for their

sneaky money

laundering schemes

painting them

a perfect picture of

future falsifying dreams…

Written by Daniella Djibidjee Rochford

Renown Australian Poet, Wordsmith and Lyricist. 

Sunday February 24th, 2019

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