Believe Survivors

believe survivors

with our bleeding chests

with the blame

we were led to believe

was ours to keep

.

we’ve been taught to hide in shame

the blood that flows

between our legs

.

you dare us to speak of things

we were never meant to hold

horrors we should

have never come to know

.

it seems you have forgotten the paralysis

trauma grants the tongue

the language

we just can’t form into free

.

perhaps you never felt

the power stolen

from your hips

hips that were meant to bring life into existence

.

the feeling of self betrayal

as you loath the body you must continue

to live in

.

the thought that any future lover

couldn’t love this