apartment 23

is it so much to ask
or isn't it time

victims rage
while they go astray
it was your petty low deed

sodomy mind
something you'll find
inside his head

rapist tends
with dangerous trends
in that house of shame

murders mistress
run to confess
survivor guilt

ran too deep
inside

no one asked to be a victim
for no person who asks for such truly is

razors run deep
scares run deeper
shes now broken
but who would help
she pulled up a chair
now they'll just stare

who speaks of the dead
but just the dying

what could I say
that hasn't been said

sick and twisted
broken and beaten

there so young
innocent
but not now
they sold them

so they could violate
she made a stand
refused demand
they took a touch
and she screamed
some are saved
but far to many are lost

nasty bastards
preying on the young
with no remorse

when will it end
you can close your eyes
but the reality
is still ever present