Forgiveness After Rape
I remember screaming "stop! " I could only yell
You drug me upstairs and raped me putting me through utter h...
I was so terrified. I didn't know if I would live or die.
I heard my panties rip from my inner thigh.
I had just turned 18. I was now an adult.
I was traumatized by this cowardly sexual assault.
You threatened to beat me and leave me for dead.
Didn't want to be beaten. Let you rape me instead..
My mother's advice I chose to ignore.
I was a teen and thought I knew more.
He later let me go and I ran down the street.
I was running so fast. I could hear my own heart beat
Many years later, yeah I remember it well.
I still have nightmares from when you put me through h...
I have to forgive you because that's what God commands.
H... on earth maybe, but eternity and life in His hands.
Copyright © Karen Bridges | Year Posted 2019
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