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My Rapist is Going to Prom MAG

May 7, 2016
By Anonymous

My rapist is going
to prom. He is
nineteen years old, graduated,
but he is coming home for this
dance.
He is attending with my best friend
on his arm; she knows what happened. She
once watched him hit me, her mouth lazy
with indifference,
I threw up
blood and blood and blood
in her sink.
I’ve waited to go since I was a little girl,
looked at all the dresses,
imagined getting a glamorous up-do.
I do not get to go. I am
alone with memories that haunt me.
My parents found me crying
in the back seat of my car, watching
get-ready-with-me vlogs,
I do not get to go. It is my junior prom.
He stole my virginity, my safety, my right
to my body,
my best friends,
and now he is stealing my prom.
I used to think that when I was sixteen,
I’d look across
the ballroom floor and see my boyfriend.
I look across rooms, seated limply on
tan couches,
and stare back at professionals trained to
help girls like me.
I sometimes go and try on long gowns
and cry in the dressing room into chiffon,
beads, satin.
I really, really wanted to go to prom.

© Anonymous

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Thisisreal_life PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 16 2017 at 11:36 am
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&quot;so do it. Decide. Is this the person you want to be? Is this the life you want to live? Is this the best you can be?&quot;<br /> &quot;I survived the fire because the fire within me burns brighter than the one around me&quot;

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stay strong beautiful.
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on Mar. 14 2017 at 6:11 pm
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Yes, this is a true story unfortunately.
megan_lynne GOLD said...
on Mar. 14 2017 at 6:10 pm
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The kindness is still appreciated. Thanks so much for reading.
megan_lynne GOLD said...
on Mar. 14 2017 at 6:10 pm
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Hey, thank you. I appreciate the kindness.
FlowersNPaper03 said...
on Mar. 14 2017 at 4:33 pm
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Hope this isn't real... but if this is, stay strong. Youll get through this. Wonderfully written poem byhe way
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on Mar. 14 2017 at 1:20 pm
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This poem is good, but very sad. i relate so much to this. I am sorry, but I know that means nothing, because it still happened. Nothing can change that....
Thisisreal_life PLATINUM said...
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some schools have junior and senior prom. my school has all classes except freshmans
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Wait a sec..is this about a personal experience?
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Next year? Prom's only when you graduated. It's the one chance you get.
futurista12 ELITE said...
on May. 18 2016 at 4:54 pm
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I'm so, so sorry. I wish I could make him go away. I hope you can go to prom next year. I couldn't go, either.