Thoughts Run Loose: A Collection of Poems

Human

Just that one word
The one word that makes me shake
The one word that makes me cry
That one word
Rape
No I haven't been raped
Yes I have been sexually assaulted
No it isn't okay
We live in a world
Where rape is barely a crime
And that rape jokes are funny
Imagine your virtue
Was snatched away from you
I am a plot of land
For some man to try and claim
I'm sick of it
I'm tearing away from this
The rape jokes end here
The acceptance of rape ends here
I will no longer sit quietly
While you call my harasser your friend
Or while you joke about rape
Or while another girl
Is left alone and her
Justice has not been served
I'm fighting against all that you find
Is alright
Because it isn't
I will no longer call you my friend
Because you aren't
You are just as bad as my harasser
You are just as bad as my assaulter
And I'm ripping away
From these stereotypes
I'm ripping away from this cruelty
I'm stopping you
I'm stopping this
I am not a land
I am not an object
I am a woman
And I will fight
Until woman
Means human