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A poem written about harassment and assault.

By Jenisa de CastroPublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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I hear the calls on the street

And feel defeat

From that disgusting shout from behind

That destroys the inside of my mind

Like an ass grab on the subway

And feeling like theres nothing i can say

To defer the touch

It all hurts just as much

As your pants lying on my apartment floor

And my fear when you locked that door

Which is nothing to say

Of how when i turned away

You grabbed me like i was an experiment

For your fingers to stampede upon my torment.

I've been speechless

But towards people who couldn't even care less

And now i have something to say

But for the people whos voices have also been carried away

By the fear of a locked door

Or by feeling like youve been a whore

To the abundance of factors

That bring life into these lifeless actors

Acting to gain power

Acting to deflower

For the mere satisfaction

Of knowing that no woman's ever gonna take action.

But it's worth it for you to know

That when the fear inside of all of us grows

It will turn into anger

And this time you will be the hanger

For us to throw our dirty clothes over

And all of the baggage we've tried to cover

For the sake of saving our job

For the sake of not being rushed by a mob

Who will tell us we're wrong

And force us to stay strong

But for the wrong reasons

We're forced because we're brushed off like the turn of the seasons

But now our reason for strength is that we've banned together

And at this rate we're gonna BE the fucking weather

The storm that comes at you like a knife in the night

A knife tougher than the one you tried to force me to bite.

But even then we flashback to our moments of despair

To when we wish we could've fought back instead of just lying there

So when you lie down beside me because you say so

And you want to have sex and i say no

And you get mad

So i get sad

But it's my bed to share,

I will ask you all, is that fair?

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