Change

Change

an easy topic

you would change your hair

your salary

your job

your friends

your appearance

your spouse

but some changes aren't so obvious

If I could change anything

I would change the fact that

The amount of friends I have

That have been raped or molested

Is more than the number of fingers that I have

The fact that

on the bus to the supermarket

I heard a man tell a little girl, no more than eight

that she wasn't pretty enough

to be broken open by a man she trusted

i would change the fact that

in the stuebenville rape case

the man who exposed the rapists

got more time in prison 

than the boys who created a graveyard in the girl

I would change the fact that 

the victims

those who have had something stolen from them

whether it be their clothing

their trust

their faith

are blamed for another persons actions

I would change

The culture that condones it

The culture that pushes it aside

I would change rape culture

I would change

The fact that

When I told a family member I was raped

They only asked why I was wearing something so revealing

I was eight years old.

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