10 Reasons She'll Keep
Her Rape a Secret

 

 

 

1.
you'll turn her pelvic bone into a super hero
make her hold the weight of a million rape survivors
make her responsible for her tragedies
tell her that this is bigger than her
make her save the world

 

2.
you'll give her advice on how not to be
in the wrong place at the wrong time
teach her how to avoid the unexpected
how to not be a victim
teach her what she did wrong

 

3.
you'll do the worst thing
question her

 

4.
you'll rape her again
with detail and description
trace her spine with your words
arch her back with your urgency to know exactly how brutal being taken feels like

 

5.
make her look at him
give a face to the body that made hers curdle like spoiled milk beneath him

 

6.
you'll make an example out of her
place her on a stand
make her speak of her body as if it doesn't belong to her

 

7.
embarrass her
make her the spokes child of nonconsensual sex

 

8.
make her remember!
get frustrated when she doesn't
you need her breasts
thighs
backside
skin
scars
fear
to hold up this case
you can't win unless she re-lends her anatomically correct part

 

9.
make her feel like she's wasting your time

 

10.
years from now
when she's happily married
with three children
to a man that doesn't make her beg for skin back
and still finds herself waking up in cold sweats
you'll tell her
to get over it