Rape
Based on The Girl with the Dragon the Tattoo
I am the ghost Rebecca case,
Don't you obsess over it, over me
I am the ghost that haunts with real blood and fire-breath
I am the case that can not be cracked
My blood lies in a dried-up pool beneath my feet
I scream until the screams run out of me
I dream until the dream runs out of me
I run until the running is beaten out of me
You raped my mind, before my body
Yes, raped.
I felt dead in my veins as they were pressed into submission
Deep wells of a new person without a name
The name was whipped from her lips
Stale. False promises. Stale.
Inhale-Pinch-Cry stopped.
I am the case you will not crack.
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Congratulations on the Top Story!!
Very sad. It elicits emotion. Thanks for sharing.
What an intensely excellent poem.
I wanted to write a story about this same topic. But I didn't think Vocal would've approved it. Congratulations on your top story! This was powerful! 💌
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Haunting yet beautiful 🩷
Terrifying and thought provoking. Oh, and congrats on top story.
Wow. That is powerful. Congrats on the TS.
Really excellent and haunting work!!! Congrats, Melissa!
Really powerful poem!! Very well deserved top story! Congrats
Oh my...your words are as powerful as ever here! This one will sit with me for a while. You are so talented :) Congrats on Top Story!
Your words evoke a sense of empathy and admiration for your courage and tenacity, wonderful!
So emotional and utterly powerful.
Congrats on Top Story, Melissa. Was reluctant and then forgot to read this when it first was published. I think because of the subject matter - but as ever, you pull no punches, and stopped me in my tracks with the eloquence of your words. Powerful writing, Melissa! Well done!
This is a very inciteful poem. thanks for sharing.
feeling sad for your depression and anxiety I can feel you sending love 💓
I know what it feels to have your mind raped. I'm so sorry you went through this 🥺 Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
I was a little nervous about reading this one. I hope that this never happened to you and that it is a way for you to work out these emotions on the page. But I thank you for this. A very powerful piece of work.
I have frozen in my reading tracks; it's so harsh and painfully penned. You pulled off the fine art of fear.