#metoo
A poem written about harassment and assault.
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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