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I had to set myself free.
It was my birthday, I was drugged at a restaurant,the singer writes.
I was drugged then for four weeks and travelled to a foreign country.
I cant remember getting on the plane and came round in the back of a travelling vehicle.
I was put into a hotel room and the perpetrator returned and raped me.
I remember the pain and trying to stay conscious in the room after it happened.
I knew my life was in immediate danger, he made veiled confessions of wanting to kill me.
Anyone cynical about what I am doing- hey dont be, the singer writes.
I have no control where my words travelled or will travel.
This is not fireworks and champagne for me.
Nobody who reveals such a wound feels elated, only release.
you’ve got the option to read her full essay, titled The 5th House,here.
