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He sought to find me once He succeeded Thirteen years had passed since the attack Why is it that you seek me? Reluctantly I asked His answer "Because people get older and wiser and whatever you believe may have happened in the past may not truly be what happened. Were grown now and we have no need to lie hun.... " Conversation over. Did I mistake the events that took place on that sun abandoned day? Is he implying that I spoke words of deceit...lies? Is it wise to call a woman you attempted to intimately violate "hun"? But I was there In the dark Hands reaching for me as from the grave From the murky depths of perversion Touching and grabbing Hands trying to fit down my pants Fingers crawling inside my shirt Unidentified lips on my body Appendage hitting me across the face...intentionally I fought with every breath in my body Forty minutes of struggle with multiple assailants The blinding darkness kept me from ever knowing how many there were Could have been ten Like wolves they were Trying to ravish their prey With him leading the pack The one I trusted I kept hearing his voice They tried to take my shoes off That was the hardest part of the fight I knew I had to keep my shoes on I was done if they came off My jeans would go soon after I had to keep my shoes on I later realized it saved me From being pillaged From being raped Some days I wonder why this trouble found me I was only fifteen I was a child So were they We all lost ourselves that day Somewhere in the darkness I like to believe that God was floating above us Whispering to me "Be still, I am here, there is a purpose for this" I still await the day I realize the purpose I stand confident that day will come This is not a story This is my life It really happened And it happened to me Read more: http://hellopoetry.com/poem/the-bathroom/#ixzz0taHU74XV
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