Violation
I did not know what that word meant till I got older
My early teens to be exact
Before I ever knew what it was like to be violated by another human being
I learned what it meant to be violated by my own body
What it was like to not be able to touch my own skin
Because any little touch brought pain that was as though I am bruising from the inside
As though someone is cutting my skin
But I never bleed
What it is to hold yourself in tears
Screaming from the top of your lungs
The moment that temple
My palace
One of a kind
Became a prison
One where I was thrown in solitary
Violated
By the body I call my own
