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I Am Not A Thing

On Objectification

By Sara WynnPublished 8 months ago 1 min read
I Am Not A Thing
Photo by Kyle Cleveland on Unsplash

So you cut me

and I screamed.

You blamed me

for the bleeding.

You judged me

for the screaming.

Call me crazy.

Your hands are bloody.

Call me crazy.

That's what happens.

We bleed.

When you cut a person

they scream.

Do you not?

I am not a thing;

a flower for cutting

kept for enjoying

until it is wilting.

I am no one's for cutting

nor for having and

trashing or

using

and

wasting

and

replacing.

I am a

human

being.

I have

feelings.

No matter how

beautiful

or crazy

I may be,

I am

not

a

thing.

--

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About the Creator

Sara Wynn

"No one knows where the edge of the knife is,

and no one knows what intelligent life is."

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