Flesh
stretched over muscle
ligament
and bone
Intended to
protect
Instead
imprisons
Skin
A face,
A body
unrecognizable
Sunken eyes
gazing back in the mirror
Dull
and lifeless
A plastered
smile disappears
The mask
dropped,
but the hurt remains
I stand under
the stream of water,
empty
Scrub it away,
rough
and harsh
Tightening
across my limbs
Glistening wet
Skin
Trapped within
my own body
My very
identity as a girl,
ripped away
I became a
woman…
through no choice of my own
Tissue tearing
Blood staining
Arms flailing
Tearing at
tissue
As though I
could wash away the feeling
Goddamn skin
Fingers
bleeding
have a mind of their own
My own touch
disgusts me
Skin
I remember how
gently Daddy used to wash my hair
Soap now has a
different purpose
The limbs,
the organs
Membrane
stretched across
Filth,
rot,
decay
Within my very
soul
All the
bubbles in the world cannot wash away the shame
Skin
Lungs
straining
Bones encasing
My very breath
suffocating
Weeping for
the loss of control of my life…
No longer mine
Skin
NO.
You
cannot fuck
away my innocence
You
cannot own my
corpse
You
cannot tell me
my body is not my own
You
cannot keep me
silent
Enclosed
within ribs
Another organ
Trapped and
safe beneath
Skin
It beats
incessantly
on and on
From final
breath and back
To when I
lived within another
It has thumped
within the cavity
It calls home
It is broken
It is misused
But unlike
skin… it is mine.
Despite your
efforts to maim my body
Take my virtue
Screw me into
silence
Rape a girl
into a woman
Skin
It mocks you
Safe within my
chest
Beating on, my
willpower
I will survive
I will thrive
Heart.
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