victim blaming
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“No.”
(This is my death warrant.)
“I have a date.”
(I’m lying for my life.)
“It’s just a piece of clothing.”
“Just carry a gun,
“Just carry a knife,
“Learn some self-defense,
that way you can defend yourself in the face of danger.”
What’s the face of danger then?
his arms burned my skin.
i can feel his wet lips against my skin.
he had branded me.
Does no still mean no if its accompanied by an "I dont"?
If it came out with a laugh dipped in liquor and exhilaration
But ended in a chuckle soaked in fear and discomfort?
Phone a friend to make sure I wasnt over reacting
A girl says “no” when she’s sober
And she “just needs to relax”
A girl says “no” when she’s sober
She’s a bitch, a tease with a stick up her ass
A girl says “no” when she’s drunk
You grin and bear the humiliation, devastation already tearing, leaving raw strips behind your ribs.
When I was younger, my favorite poet was Sylvia Plath.
I liked her because I related when she wrote about the weight
of all the lives she wasn't living and her life under the fig tree.
