Feel the burn of the dirtiness washing away
Watch it circle the drain
Rub and scrub until it peels off
Until it's raw
Curl up in a position of defeat
Cut away the outer layer of shame
Watch as it runs down your arm
Down the drain with your dirt
Feel it burn as it cleans from the outside in
Cry only in surrender
Suffocate your breathing from the steam of guilt
Breathe it in and let it out again
Hide the self-destruction from yourself
Remind the person who made you do this to yourself
The way he held you down
The way he pushed his control into you
His hate and anger and complete pleasure with a distinguished smell
The way he laughed at your scream
The way he touched your soul with his filthy tentacles
His disgusting heat and sweat coming from him like acid rain
His moan as if it were a corruption of your innocence
Vomit rising in your throat
Him unrelenting
Release is close for both of you
Him with his twisted pleasure, you from this pain
And then right before he lets go, he makes you swallow his dominance
Then he's gone and you have the pieces to pick up
The vomit to hold down
The life to try to live
But instead, you're in the shower
Trying to rid yourself of him
Realizing you never will
Instead, you're in the shower
Cutting your wrist
Watching your life circle the drain
Author notes
Written June 11th, 2005
A contest entry
- Cut Me by .
300 points, ended September 20, 2005, 19 entries
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"Release is close for both of you
Him with his twisted pleasure, you from this pain
And then right before he lets go, he makes you swallow his dominance
Then he's gone and you have the pieces to pick up"
great lines this has alot of potential thanks for your entry
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Thanks hun. You are strong too. I was raped as a child as well... Poetry has been my life and without it I don't know where I would be, I'm scared to even consider that...
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honestly seering
As surviver of rape From when i was i child i know the guilt that we build with in our selves and with ive shed some light
On how i realy feel ... through the eyes of poetry we can capture of the torture that burns with in .. and i realy do aplaud you very highly on creativity for you are but one of rapes strongest survivors ...and i prey that one day all who rape the world of our innocence will be grantid the eternal hell that weve all had to live with in the world in this day and age... -
Thanks hun...
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Thanks. I'm glad it touched you in some way and I hope it opened your eyes.
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Yes I do know how it feels... I thank you for your comment and I'm sorry you know what it's like. It pisses me off when people write about something they don't know about too. I have other entries and poems on this subject...
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really good poem.. a lot of emotion seems to be pouring out of it.. great write..and i know it is because i shed a tear..
-Jennifer -
beautifully written but scarred, how my heart goes out to you, I understand though I do not know!! may g-d place his hands over your hurt and may you heal.... I am truely lost for words.. but humbled by your writting
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OMG.........its soooooo easy for me to cry i think. ok i hope this is real or you are gonna piss me off. for some one who knows nothing about rape9if you dont) writing a poem anout it really pisses me off. even if its a good poem. a lot of people will agree. i know what this poem is all about and i know how it feels to want to just turn back the hands of time and run as fast as you can.but you dont and you can only try to cry and scrub away the memories in the shower. so please tell me you know what this is about ( i would never wish it on anybody to get raped and i would never want anybody too.) know how it feel becuase if not, then we need to talk...... GREAT POEM
~nerny
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