So if you follow my sister on this thing or are friends with her then you know my story and what happened over the summer time with me. I realize that this place is a safe place for me right now and recently I have been doing a lot of thinking. I have has some really awesome days but recently it has been hard. Friday I found out a friend is going to die from 4th stage lymphoma cancer which is in his bone marrow as well Even if he gets better from the chemo the chance is slim to none that he can get a bone marrow transplant because he is also HIV positive. I found all out this out on Friday.
Another thing that happened on Friday is that in our English class there was a text about rape and my whole class got into a big discussion on it and I just had to leave I just couldn’t deal with it. Great a way to start off the weekend right.
Anyways I wrote a poem about it. I am not the best writer out there but I just had to write it out in hopes that it might help so I thought that I would post it on here for people to read. It took me a while to decide on if I wanted to do this but I thought that people could learn from my experience and it’s now a part of who I am so why not share it with some people. I should not be ashamed of what happened to me. It sucks but there is no reason to let it control my life. So here it goes I hope you like it and I would love to hear what people have to think about it. Remember I AM BAD AT WRITING! Please don’t hold that against me.
Title: The day that I will never forget
July 15th will always be in my life as a day I will never forget
A day that my life as I know it has change;
It started a day that I would have to recover from
It was the day that I got raped by somebody who I thought was my friend
It was a day that would change my life forever
I stand here before you showing my strenght from then
The road on recovery has been a long journey
One that will continue for the rest of my life
Many of my friends from that summer have left me behind and moved on
but today I now who my ture friends are
that day has changed my life forever
I know that I am not by myself, my strenght carries me on
I stand here not just a womean but a survivor
A survivor of an awful violent crime, a crime that was committed against me
I know I did nothing wrong and it was him and only him
It is not my fault but his, IT’S HIS FAULT
I continue the road to recovery from this day
It is long, painful but at time rewarding and good
I stand here before you to share my story
I stand here hoping you listen and heard my story
I stand before you today as a survivor or the violent crime called rape
I would love to hear from you guys that read this. So what do you guys think?
