Another statistic?

by Kaylee   Mar 17, 2006


Another teenage girl spends
her time locked in her room.
Wiping tears from her eyes
while damning the whole world.

She refuses to look at her
reflection in the mirror.
Afraid to see.

There are bruises in her memory
and not engraved on her skin.
Memories that make her want
to collapse and shun herself.

She has bite marks on
her tongue from the words
she didn’t say.

To most people, she’s just
another statistic in a world of facts.
Where people just see her
as another number.
Not a pretty face.

And where strangers
swear that the same thing
would never happen.

She’s got scars on her heart.
She’s numb and nervous.
She’s just another statistic.

She was me.

*A friend of mine asked if I was intrested in anything that would help me get rid of some of this hurt. For me: This is about the past sexual assault (not rape) that I went through because of an ex. It could mean naything for you*

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  • 17 years ago

    by LostHopesCrimsonTears

    Really sorry about what happend to you :( but great poem!! keep writing! i love this part.....

    "And where strangers
    swear that the same thing
    would never happen."

    great work!

  • 18 years ago

    by BeautifulCutter

    I really liked this poem and then how you explained yourself in the end. I know how you feel...but I was raped by a "best friend".
    .::.BeautifulCutter.::.

  • 18 years ago

    by StefQ

    This is such a beautiful poem
    i'm really sorry that this happend to you, i know how you feel (a friend of mine went through the same thing)

    ~StefQ

  • Wow you have a gift, of making people fell what you felt... i am soo sorry this happened to you but its amazing that you can share it with people

  • 18 years ago

    by beautyinainstant

    Great poem is so good...AWSOME!!!~valerie