But Something Happened

The breakwater of youth dims again
As I recall that fateful evening

Every gushing tide moaned
Revising the secrecy of a time

When drunken trawlers held me
In my contorted form, lightly assailed

A skirt in tatters, my locks disheveled
Where a girl's yell found no choice

But to camouflage it in the dark
And voices flinched in waves

' Shh, nothing ever happened,'
While I raced out of the bleak shoreline.




What Was Left Unsaid Contest
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Fiction   April 19,2019
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Proxenos Avatar
August 15, 2019 at 12:55 AM
Hope this is fiction Ashley - if not I understand completely - a heart rending write - there are incidents that occur in our lives that one wants to keep to themselves congratulations on your win. Hugs, Jennifer.
Onclaud Avatar
May 6, 2019 at 3:04 PM
congrats on your 'win', ashley...this deserves a higher placement..HMs don't get any value point. sadly...
Marcum Wong Avatar
April 28, 2019 at 1:24 AM
That fear, the pain and thinking you just want to forget it not share it speaks loudly in your poem. Chills crawled all over my skin from your sad provocative words. I hope this is fiction, but if it is an actual happening you are not alone. Blessings Ashley. xxoo
Onclaud Avatar
April 21, 2019 at 12:51 PM
stark and daring write, ashley... some abuses are kept secret... huggs
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