When those green eyes locked

directly with mine

I felt a pain grow

deep within my chest

When his slimey palms

reached for my freckled arm

I winced and shook

feeling the burn of his touch

I checked the bruises

like an unlocked door

How does he ignore the

scar he left on me?

I finally opened up

to tell the world of my sorrow

How his skin was on mine

How my tears stained his shirt

The world shut me up

they painted a smile on my face

They bleached my pain and

made my sign blank

I’m not asking for a revolution

or even for a riot

I’m asking for the rest of the world
to live with #nofilter