Carlton Carr : Writing

The Obvious Wound

The Obvious Wound

A Story by Carlton Carr


My present situation; trapped in a abusive situation.
Listen To The Walls

Listen To The Walls

A Poem by Carlton Carr


2008 To my parents from my inner chil
Prologue: the power of words and naming

Prologue: the power of words and naming

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


Phillip was very young when he began to hear the other voices. They seemed to come from the house itself; oozing from the walls; dripping from the cei..
Chapter One: life is not fair

Chapter One: life is not fair

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


Dorothea was disappointed when Phillip was born. She’d longed for a daughter who’d realize her unfulfilled dreams and ease the pain of her..
Chapter Two: but you!re only a girl

Chapter Two: but you!re only a girl

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


Dorothea carried the innocence of childhood with her into her teenage years. She was always treated as the baby of the family; always kept in the dark..
Chapter Three: god will punish you

Chapter Three: god will punish you

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


When he was five, Phillip was left in the bath one day to play with his plastic toys. At the end of the tub, on a wooden tray, stood his mother’..
Chapter Four: what will others think

Chapter Four: what will others think

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


Phillip remembers the humiliation of his first day at school. He felt abandoned and alone among all these strange, rough children. Half-way through th..
Chapter Five: there is no such thing as a happy childhood

Chapter Five: there is no such thing as a happy ch..

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


When Phillip was thirteen he started to keep a diary. His entries were irregular; he wrote when he was down or, not so often, when he was happy. There..
Chapter Six: be sure your sin will find you out

Chapter Six: be sure your sin will find you out

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


Phillip always knew that he was different and that his difference was dangerous, although he did not have the words to describe what his difference wa..
Chapter Seven: I would rather you were dead than a homosexual

Chapter Seven: I would rather you were dead than a..

A Chapter by Carlton Carr


In his loneliness Phillip found a friend in Adrian. Adrian was two years older than Phillip but they were in the same grade. Adrian was very camp, dir..