Fight

I remember it like it was yesterday

At 10-years-old Just a kid staring down my fate

The age of consent may be 16

But it was better because I was just easy bait

You hit me when I would refuse

Then tortured, making me confused

Cause like I said

At age ten a tear from my eye was shed

As you took my innocence

I didn’t ask to be touched

Didn’t ask you for much

I was a kid scared of my own shadow

because all I could feel was the violent touch from you

As You shot me with your crossbow

I couldn’t believe the pain that I encountered

couldn’t say anything and felt like a coward

Froze like a doe in the headlights

As my body screamed in agony

My mouth couldn’t speak cause I couldn’t believe this was my reality

I wasn’t supposed to be raped

I wasn’t supposed to be abused

This was all caused by you

Someone who I thought I could call dad

“Daddy why are you doing this”

As you covered my mouth and began the use my body like it was your sex buddy

Seconds turned to minutes

Minutes to hours

I felt uncomfortable taking a shower!

Time went on

And before I knew it I was 12

And my heart torn in two

Did you not realize that it would affect my life now

I’m 18 and still fear that my relationships will turn into another case

So scared it caused me to spiral into a crippling case of depression

But you don’t care

And all you did was sit back and watch me scared

For my life

When is this going to stop

Does it take another victim

Or can we take a stand against sexual violence

I’m done crying and hiding my story

It’s time for me to march on in all my glory

Time to respect each other's boundaries