The greatest mistake we make is teaching our children that monsters are not real They are, but not in the way we imagine them They do not hide under our beds Do not even look like what we've been taught was evil, can't even see what is lurking Inside of their heads Movie villains are easily spotted in all black, ***** and cackling The things that hide in the dark are not demons I know You're not a monster, you're a human just like me Easy to pity because we both cry and bleed You are not a monster But you have seeped into my veins like poison It does not matter who I am with You will rise like the ocean and swallow me until I can't breathe Wrapped in the arms of a lover I freeze His hands are not his hands his teeth are not his teeth They are the hunters They are yours I know you're nothing but a ghost now It's only the shadows of memory that seize me But i'm back in that room and the door is locked And I am locked and I am trapped by hungry stares and greedy hands Prowling like a lion and I am the prey tonight Shouldn't have let the wolf inside But you were dressed as my friend in an Abercrombie shirt and Hollister jeans offering what I thought was a comforting hand But I am locked in your claws and they tear through my clothes So I use the only defense left to me The last resort mother nature provides I play dead Hoping my frozen body will somehow deter you Turned off every light in myself one by one The city in a power outage Stepped out of my body like a ghost Cold and unknowing Hide from myself the way you cover a small child's eyes so they wont see the ****** But pretending not to see it will not save you Warning signs are there for a reason Trigger warning trigger warning I ignored all of the flashing signs Why would I guard myself against someone I claimed to be like a brother? Blind-sighted Thrown off the cliff and your arms drag me down like an anchor I am already dead Wishing I could drown not even bothering to hold my breath Your smile used to be so inviting but now your eyes are loaded guns and your teeth are like knives waiting to tear me to shreds And I cannot run and I cannot hide My body is mine my body is mine my body is mine I know that he is not you But you could be anyone And in a way you already are Because 77% of rapes are committed by someone the victim knows And in a survey of college men 51% said that they would **** a woman if they knew they would not be caught All the voices are yours Telling me that I must have wanted it, because "Look at what i'm wearing." Every shadow following me Still hunting me as I walk to my car at night Always prey as I look behind my shoulder every two seconds like a twitch And I run so I can get there before you do Every time Before you can climb in like you did before "No" was a word you could not comprehend, could not understand But if dogs can learn it and listen then so can you You were not entitled to enter my car, my house, my bed or my body and especially not my soul I do not desire your attempts at worship Will not let you take off my pants so you can "Make me feel like a real woman" I am fire burning every place your hands have touched My body is not a piece of meat to be sacrificed on an altar Not yours for the taking I am a temple, a sanctuary And you are not my God.