Violence

4 0 0
                                    


I hate violence

But I still do karate

Which is a fighting sport.

A violent sport.

But I do it so that nobody

Tries to be violent with me.

Yet they still do...


I hate it when

I get assaulted for nothing.

"Calladita te ves más bonita"

But when i try to stay quiet

And I try to be pretty

The shit hits the fan

And apparently it's my fault

Even though I thought

he wanted me to shut up.

Even though I thought

He wanted me to be someone else's.


I could hit him back.

I could scream at him to shut him up

But I'm scared that the violence

would never stop.

And home would be no man's land.

And I would be at war once more.

Book of poemsWhere stories live. Discover now