In that moment my body felt
t i r ed.
NO
Not tired,
Tired is not what

T
H
I
S
Feels like.
In that moment my body was not my own,
it didn't feel like mine,
it was D I R T Y,
it was foreign,
it was

WRONG.

The water washed over my alien body,
rinsing away the smell,
the touch,
the pain.

But left the trauma.
Unable to comfort this new me,
crimson flowed instead.
A scar now permanent.