Don't Speak

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I want to cry
I want to punch
I want to scream
I want to fight

But I can't
I must stay quiet
Must not move
He might hurt me more

No one can know
No one can understand
No one would care
No one has

It's been 10 years
Why is it haunting me now
Memories hurting me now
But why?

I don't know why it happened
But it's destroying me
Hurting me mentally
Not physically anymore

It is the reason I don't like boys
It is the reason I act uncomfortable
It is the reason I'm scared if I'm alone
It is the reason I hide

The only thing I don't joke about
Why I make a billion jokes
About anything besides
What happened

Not allowed to move
Not allowed to cry
Not allowed to show emotion
Not allowed to speak

Eating away at me
Remembering those days
Remembering those nights
But not knowing what to do

My parents wondered why I was shy
And never saying a word, so I changed
Acted like things were okay
I acted then I saw things were okay

Now I can't stop looking back
Remembering the past
Wondering why it all happened
Did I start it all?

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