No One Knows
To feel your hands travel all over me
And to feel you violate my virginity
It was so traumatizing, I was only 12 years old
But I still did what I was told
I didn't tell anyone
Even though, deep down I knew it was wrong
I was afraid they wouldn't believe me
They'd just say I was crazy
But it was true
For 4 years, I couldn't fight you
I dealt with the fears
As I bottled it all up for 11 years
Its crazy isn't it
How I can keep this a secret
I just can't seem to let it go
And no one knows
Style / Type:
freeform
Review Request (Intensity):
Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)
Review Request (Direction):
Please do not critique mechanics. The inconsistencies in style are intentional, or correcting them is not important to me.
Language:
English
(3 votes)
Dear Noahrl
Welcome to the Poems & Prose family!
This is an excellently written memoir. The immense anger and sadness has been very calmly and elegantly expressed. I bow to thee valor, oh poetess.
I'm happy that the community is growing-up to face up to and discuss topics of importance and consequence. Child abuse is an act of extreme cowardice and breach of trust and should be punishable with the highest form of retribution the human race can inflict up on one of its kind.
A commentator should draw a line while commenting and I think I have reach it and will therefore stop here.
Thank you for enriching our community.
Respectfully,
Amartya
Hey
It's good. Very creepy (the situation) and it really captures the scene and emotions.
I agree with Amartya. Subjects like these are rarely talked about but when these people bring out their emotions through writing, it's a poem that truly becomes the emotion.