Unzip My Body: Inside the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (Poem)

Unzip My Body isn’t just a poem. It’s what happens when someone is pushed past the point of staying quiet.This comes from real experience inside the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church—a system where silence is expected, questions are shut down, and people learn very quickly what happens if they speak. When there’s no space to tell the truth, the body holds it instead. Every second. Every reaction. Every memory that never got acknowledged.People love to ask for proof. They want timelines, reports, something neat and easy to understand. But that’s not how this works. Trauma doesn’t show up like that. It lives in your body. It shows up in the way you react, the way you freeze, the things you can’t explain but feel every day.This poem is a refusal to play that game. It’s not about convincing anyone anymore. It’s about saying it out loud, exactly as it is.And it’s not just about me. There are so many people still inside environments like this—still silent, still carrying things they were never allowed to name.At some point, someone has to say it. #plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch #exclusivebrethren #pbcc #calltoaction #cult #cultawareness #brucehales #rapidreliefteam #oneschoolglobal