It does not haunt me
how you stole a piece of me without consent
It does not replay in my head
your hands on my unwilling body
Rather, I'm plagued by the days, the weeks, the years that follow
When I laugh at their jokes
After you bragged about your conquest
When I shrug my shoulders to my friends
and tell them it was mutual
When I sit at my parents dinner table
and pretend it didn't happen under their roof
When I meet a nice boy
But his touch gives me a panic attack
so he stops returning my calls
Know that I'm not haunted by the night you stole my peace
Know that you didn't ruin my night
you ruined all the nights after
May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 11:43 PM UTC
It does not haunt me
how you stole a piece of me without consent
It does not replay in my head
your hands on my unwilling body
Rather, I'm plagued by the days, the weeks, the years that follow
When I laugh at their jokes
After you bragged about your conquest
When I shrug my shoulders to my friends
and tell them it was mutual
When I sit at my parents dinner table
and pretend it didn't happen under their roof
When I meet a nice boy
But his touch gives me a panic attack
so he stops returning my calls
Know that I'm not haunted by the night you stole my peace
Know that you didn't ruin my night
you ruined all the nights after