Harijan
My cousin is beautiful,
And she wore a beautiful dress.
A boy saw her and had ideas.
A boy touched her without her consent.
I’ve been thinking about it,
And I think that I would rather be
Everything that I am, everything
That makes me ugly, undesirable,
Than everything that makes her
Beautiful.
I would rather be flawed
And unloved, and unattractive,
Unwanted, than touched by
Boys I don’t want to be touched by,
Or by men, like my other beautiful cousin.
I would rather never be kissed.
I would rather never be touched.
I am imperfect, I am unattractive,
But I am not a target for males
That are nothing but eyes and hands.
It’s not worth it. I refuse to be anyone’s victim,
But my own.
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