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My best friend got raped by a man she knew He covered her mouth and whispered in her ear and then he came inside her Now we are sitting here without a plan wondering when or how are we supposed to get out of this mess Waiting on her next period hoping that it came It’s 2012 and my family just got bigger An my brother in law whom I devoted my love too cause he was my brother Stretch out his hands and told me to be quiet and spoke words of distaste and now Tell no one for sure they would not understand Now my sister is pregnant and I’m too young to understand why it aches in my thighs but they won’t understand so I must lie, I must lie It’s 2015 and I’m dating a guy and I hold his hand and he whispers in my ears But why does it still ache in my thighs so I lie because I must lie It’s 2018 and I’ll always be afraid of the fact that I can’t swim And the crash of every wave will forever haunt me in my sleep For as long as I live It’s 2019 and I have a boyfriend and I live like a queen because I’ve been achieving my dreams But the crash of the wave still haunts me in my dreams I’m invincible and so damn naïve I believed I was protected because I lived on a screen Because no one would dare violate me again I’ve earned that much Until a man I don’t know touched my leg But I don’t want that I just wanted to wear my short dress And I wake up the next morning and I find myself in a trance Because the crash of the wave still haunts me in my dreams And the boyfriend I have he won’t understand There is blood everywhere but is it mines It’s just the death of yet another loves’ live Hold on a minute. I’ve worked every day of my life to be where I am I’ve pied the piper and lived out my dreams Decorated my pain And showed up in vain So what do you mean this happened to me You can’t put your hands on me I’m supposed to be safe now. I’ve earned it. And it’s 2020 and I’ve realized that nobody is safe as long as she is alive, And every friend that I have has a story like mine So listen and be a voice for those that have prisoned lips Even for those that had to grow up to young For every story counts, For every voice should be heard And every woman should be safe someday But today isn’t that day and who knows when it would be!
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