Flashbacks



You're not the same yet,
I freeze as he touches my waist,
My mind race back to that summer day.
I disengage as he touches my thigh
My mind rush back to that cold hearted day

As a tear slip down my ice cold face
I think it's beyond believe,
He touches me the same
In different kind of ways.

I freeze as I see you in the hall,
I tense when they speak your name,
My mind is blurred hy visions of that day.
I stop in my tracks as your friends call your name,
My mind replays that day.

You're the reason for castle walls,
And rules written in pure gold.
And I wonder if I'll ever be free,
My mind is a prisoner, stuck in that day.

About this poem

It's about a high school girl that was sexually assaulted by her ex boyfriend who is in the same school, she feels like she is trapped and will never be free because of the flashbacks she gets.

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Written on November 12, 2021

Submitted by donnecil0405 on November 12, 2021

Modified by donnecil0405 on November 13, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXA XXBX XBABA XXXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 628
Words 146
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 5, 4

Donné Cilliers

I'm a high school student who use poetry as a coping mechanism. I always felt like people didn't listen to me so when they don't listen when I'm dancing, I write poetry to make them understand how I feel and what Im thinking. more…

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