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Catholic Girl School

In school I was taught a subject
Once a week for two periods
Every
Single
Year.

Religious Education they called it.
Blasphemy.
They taught me one religion.
Christianity.
They taught me that as a girl,
I should not wear clothes that make men lust after me
That I should be aware of the sins I may cause others to do

I remember year after year I was taught
That I may ask for Salvation from a God
Who sees me as a tool for lust.
But my body was supposed to be His temple
And I thought that I was supposed to be a creature that He loved.

There was a thin line between what I was taught in school
And what I was taught in my religious home
Because I was not taught that I was the cause of my own rape
And I'm damn well sure that God dislikes rape more than he dislikes the shorts I wear
So please find another way to condemn me

And they fooled me into thinking that
Religious Education meant that I would be taught about the
Other beings,
The other worshiped gods and goddesses of the universe.
But no.
I was thoroughly disappointed.

I get it though
Catholic Girl School
We are taught to follow orders before we even step into the uniform
The white of our skirts and shirts meaning nothing
Because what's the point of being pure if I cannot own my own body
Catholic Girl School
Where my principal cannot even relate
Catholic Girl School
Hell away from a home where my emotions are drowned
Catholic Girl School
Oh how I hate you.