WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RAPEWE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONFIDENCE

 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RAPE

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONFIDENCE 

At the of age of eleven-Twelve

When my mother first told me that 

Boy's would want to touch me.

Would want to put their hands 

B/w my thighs, or lay then across breasts

I was confident 

That she was wrong 

Girls and boys play football together 

Girls and boys like each other 

And make code name and giggle 

Why would anyone try to touch me like that 

Another want to me especially 

I giggled awkwardly and run them room

The first chance i could get to plunge 

My self back into innocence innocence 

When i take began to understand

What rape meant 

And the kind of strength it take to fight it 

I was confident that 

I was strong enough

Then girls were supposed to be 

And trained enough to occasionally 

Win in martial art fights. 

Against girls my own age or size 

I was sure that come who or what may.

I had the power to defend myself 

And I was confident that no one