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Tori Hart Sep 2013
It’s really lonely in this bed
Cuddled up with your

Green Collared Shirt

That still lingers with

The smell of your Skin.

The deeper I dig my nose into it

The louder I can hear your Laughter.
Tori Hart Sep 2013
"She should have known better."
"She had it coming for her."
"It's just a joke."
"And you're just sensitive."

You're ignorance glazes over your words
Like paint.
Thick, glossy, and shiny
Words covered with a gentle haze
Of misunderstanding.

Hearing those words
Of un-acknowledged shaming
And saddening victim blaming
Stabs straight through my numbed Soul.

But you know what?
I'm glad you are blinded by your
Ignorance ever so blissful.
I am glad you cannot see
How misguided your word can be.
Because that means
That you have not experienced
The Horror
Of being sexually harassed.

Because if you had the opportunity
To feel that kind of
Helplessness.
Terror.
Agony.
Violation.
Degration.

Then you would have never said
She could have prevented it.

And I thank God up in Heaven
That you have never experienced
That kind of pain.
This poem was inspired by a conversation with one of my closest friends. We're both very passionate about the hurt and triggering effects of victim-blaming, both against women and men.
I love you, Sam.
Tori Hart Sep 2013
4AM
Hello 4 a.m.
Long lost old acquaintance
I'll have you know,
That I am a ****** acquaintance.
So I hope this is the official goodbye
Because you're no good for me
Nor my dwindling sanity
Tori Hart Sep 2013
Sometimes it is difficult to believe
That you are more than simply a dream
You breath
You laugh.
You kiss
You cry.
All in the midst of my lifetime.
How did I get this lucky?
This blessed?
This honored?
To be your Love
Your one true desire
How is it
That You see Me
As Your world?
I didn't do anything special
I didn't pay any financial cost

But I did give you my heart
And I gave Her to You full-heartedly
And I guess that's what has made
All of the difference.
In just 8 days, the one whom my soul loves will be in my arms again <3
Tori Hart Aug 2013
weary sighs
sunken eyes
waiting for
those loving cries

looking for
cures to sores
wishing you
would walk through the door
I miss your embrace and protection.
Tori Hart Aug 2013
Sometimes I wish I could just tear out of my skin
Just to prove that I'm really trying to let you in.
Tori Hart Aug 2013
And tonight

Begins the cycle of

Constant crying

Because Goodbyes are terribly

Heart breaking.
My Heart and Soul are both breaking.
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