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Unforgiven
Pinned face down against the floor,
my pleas answered with senseless violence.
I tried to rise and reach for the door,
only to be dragged down by mortal demons.
They ripped my clothes apart and laid me bare,
shredding my dignity into a thousand pieces.
toying with me, making me gasp for air
while my courage vanished as I shed futile tears
I realized then that I had been a fool,
no true friends would want to cause me harm.
All those times, they "protected" me at school,
when in truth, they were deceiving me.
I screamed with every thrust they made,
impaling my innocence, peeling away my sanity.
Their mocking laughter echoed in my head,
the imprints marked me in my memory.
When I'd lost my voice and they left me,
my soul continued to scream with boiling rage.
My life thrown into disharmony
as hatred and pain locked my heart in a cage.
Over the years, I have crawled back to sanity,
picking up the pieces of the core of my being
but I'll never forget the nights shaded in cruelty
nor can I forgive all the hurt.
Comments
jane210660
Sun, 2017-08-06 04:12
Very powerful
emotions expressed here - over an event that has obviously cast a shadow over your life.
I'm glad that you have shared it, that in itself somehow chases demons away.
A good write, if not a disturbing read.
Jx
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alidzain
Sun, 2017-08-06 12:59
Jane
I really hope this can help abit. Sometimes we just can't pretend bad things don't happen to us.
Alid
jane210660
Sun, 2017-08-06 13:30
That is so true Alid
I'm glad you shared this. Jx
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Geezer
Sun, 2017-08-06 09:27
How I wish that...
you never wrote this. Not because it isn't good, but because no one deserves that kind of treatment.
I don't see anything to critique and I don't think that there is. ~ Gee.
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alidzain
Sun, 2017-08-06 12:57
Gee
I need to write it to let it go or it will eat me up inside out. That's the only reason I do this. Yeah, I agree no one deserves to be treated that way.
Alid