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Unwanted Touches
I sit there, in front of the mirror, doing my makeup.
Thinking, never again, will I make that mistake.
I sit there in front of the mirror, covering the marks he left behind.
Never again, will I date someone like him.
Someone who hurt me, someone who abused me.
Pinned against the mattress, I fight to keep him out.
Someone who hit me, and caused emotional trauma.
Fighting back as fists fly, and barbed words sting my heart.
I sit there, in front of the mirror, icing my bruising eye.
Thinking, never again, will someone touch me in that undesired way.
I sit there in front of the mirror, dabbing my swollen, bloodied lip.
Never again, will I allow the disrespect.
Someone who wore a mask around my family.
Smiling, polite as can be whenever my mom came around.
Someone who touched my body in tender places.
Never again, will I allow someone to hurt me.
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