TRUST NO ONE

 
children are taught not to trust strangers,
but it's those who are closest who are the real danger.
those i've called family and those i've called friends
i no longer do because i know what they did.
and no one believes me, they think i'm insane.
no one believes those men are that way.
but i remember crying, i remember being afraid,
i remember waking up sore as proof of my pain,
and i remember trying to wash it away.
but no soap can cleanse the stain left on me.
it is permanently ingrained in my memory.
i'm still fucked up and i'm still afraid.
i still think about it damn near every day,
but never again will i speak their names.
i blame myself for what happened to me
and i blame myself for the others i know there will be
because i'm not able to FUCKING SPEAK!