you set my skin on fire
that night of april nine

said you owned me
and that you were mine

said that we're soulmates
and that you couldn't leave

because you loved
every piece of me

but i did not know
what you meant was my meat

my flesh, my body
nothing else about me

i was a toy in your eyes
a desperate girl for love

for acceptance
for peace

you took advantage of me
my pride, my soul, my dignity

you took it all away from me
but i will take them back

this body is mine
letting you take it was a mistake

i was manipulated
and later, raped

i have control of my life
my life after you left

i will not destroy myself
like you tried to destroy me

on april eleventh