i am more.
i am more
than just an object.
more than just a victim of being "DTF".
i am more
than the label
slut.
don’t tell me who i am
or
who i “come off to be”.
my name tag says riley.
not slut.
i am more
than having to walk down the street
keys ready to puncture someone
who might see me as a victim,
of something i don’t want to be.
i am more
than the shameful tears streaming down my eyes
at twelve.
doesn’t no mean no?
though my voice was drowning.
and no one could hear a thing.
you are more
than what society might label you.
we have learned to suffocate our true selves
in order to fit the rigid rules that this world has given us.
you are more than an object,
you are more than a victim
and you are more than a fucking label.
you are more.