for too long
I have listened
remaining silent
to the ignorant
uncompassionate discourse
espousing their taunts:
“Get over it all ready …
Stop using it as an excuse …
That was years ago …
You need to forgive …
You need to move on”.
And as I have fought my own
demons
of a pervert cunt
getting into
my tiny panties;
defending myself from an
impending assault that
exists only in my senses and dreams now;
I am loathed to
plead
with you to understand my position;
to educate yourselves;
to show some empathy
and compassion.
Not realizing however,
that you,
the ignorant
do not wish to understand.
But,
as I raised my own daughters,
I learned what
being 3 looks like.
.
It has grazed knees and tantrums.
It picks its nose and flicks it.
It imagines fairies and candy.
It rolls around on the floor with its cat.
It chases butterflies.
It draws pictures and bakes cakes with its Nan.
.
and what it doesn’t look like.
.
It doesn’t have nightmares.
It doesn’t hide under the bed.
It doesn’t hold its head because it hurts.
It doesn’t slice its arms.
It doesn’t piss its pants in fear.
And it deserves
Fierce, fierce
Protection.
So now I defend my being;
my position.
And I refuse to listen to any more
uneducated bullshit
or let ignorance be an excuse
or an answer.
.
And for her,
for me;
.
for all those little people
that didn’t make it
out of that dark room
with prying fingers
and filthy deeds;
for all those little people
who never got the chance
to get out
and grow up
and live a life worth fucking living;
for all those little people,
just like me,
who grew up
into big people,
who are still battling their demons
and healing their scars;
who have rocked in the corner
holding their head in their hands,
for far too fucking long;
I will keep speaking the unwelcome truths
and the
mundane horrors,
so we will be heard,
our stories told.
So we can change
the future for all
Our Babies.
.
Haumi e! Hui e! Tāiki e!
kpm©
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