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I experienced rape at the age of fourteen. Although I never could quite conceive of this as rape, until four years later. This date rape has not only caused a dramatic shift in my perspective in life, it has also spiritually challenged me to grow as a person. I am a lifelong learner, and find this to be a detour, not something that has scarred me

Faded Dream

by Dry Petals

A joke
a game
a score for him
turned my life
changing me forever.
maybe I wouldn't have stayed pure
but his deceit
was a dose of the devil
that spread through me
and not easily cured.

His hot sweaty body
muscular and heavy
weighed mine down
and blurred
my already drunk vision.
Telling me "hold tight"
taming my whimpers and squirms,
I closed my eyes in pain.

He took my innocence away
and who's to say
he regrets this day.
He was rewarded
congratulated
for a piece of my life.
I may be bruised inside,
but growing strong
angels
life me above
his poverty in spirit.
Alone I now find
a jewel so clear inside
that never really was taken.

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Shira

I loved this poem. I am twelve years old, and I understand all too well what it is you've been through.

Caitlin

fantastic poem. it really conveys the feelings that you experience when something as terrible as this happens to you. when i was about eight i was raped by my dads roomates friend. he got off scott free and who knows how many other lifes he's irreparebly altered. now in my late teens this memory affects me more than ever - i'm on anti-deppressant medication. this peom reminded me that i don't have to be alone in my experience. thank-you

Ashlynn

hey i really like this poem on my 16th b-day my best friend for 3 years raped me and my other best friend at different times but on the same day in 2 weeks i have to go to testify against him and my friend wont do it. so in a sense im alone on trying to convict him but im glad to know that there are other people out there who do understand. thankyou for this inspiration.

bina

this is a really good poem. i know its hard to tell people whats going on that is why i to write peoms.

clara

your poems was strong i think it take a strong person to write a poem about what happen to you.

amber

WOW! i am 15 andi have never been raped, but it is one of my biggest fears, i fear being raped and living my life in constant fear and pain than dying or being killed. i feel so bad for you and i hope that this violent act never happens to you again. but i am happy for you because not a lot of people would be able to write about something so terrible. i just hope that you can forget about the bad times and look into what is going to come out of this tragic crisis. i believe that you are strong enough to lift yourself above the evil that has been done to you and go on living your life. and maybe some day you can learn to trust again.i loved the poem though it really meant something to me. -- amber

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Faded Dream

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