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Truth and Consequences

He raped me.
The air is sucked out of the room
Butterflies in my stomach take to flight
I'm drowning
In surging tidal waves of pain
Hovering on the brink of final night
I can't sleep
Terror cuts me like a knife
It pounces on me with a lion's might
I will hide
A brick wall shelters from the world
In darkness I live with no hope of light
Bloodshot eyes
See picture flashes of my past
I'm trading color in for black and white
I give up
And with a mountain still to climb
I wave a flag surrendering this fight.

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