HIM
It happened beneath a picture of a saint The night HE showed no restraint HE is a common coward, a rapist, a diseased pig Taking advantage of a young girl made HIM feel big HE should consider himself lucky that I left HIM with his dick Just, finally, let me get this off my chest real quick 20 years flew before I could think to blink my eyes But these things do not go away, the feelings survive NO was repeated. NO. I said NO. I pushed away from HIM from below I may have said yes once before, but now NO means much more I should have bit it off, spit it out on the floor Afterwards I am lost, entranced by the light seeping under the bathroom door The water running down the drain Will not wash away HIS shame I am gone before he even knows In the car before any tears start to show The next day HE is sorry, right? Remarks from a phone call by HIM so contrite A mutual girlfriend puts her belief in HIM Sharks of self doubt swim erratically within I di...