Identity Evanescence
They call me a nescient
I lost my innocence,
But please don’t come near me
My mind of dissonance
I was just a kid once,
But dispose of that skin
I’m a young woman now
The media’s walking sin
I’ll rip out all my hair
Then tear off my two breasts—
An object in their eyes
A world corrupt by pests
A man’s sex pedestal
The death of her selfhood
There’s no escaping now,
For this is womanhood
About this poem
I am a woman and I am a victim of sexual assault. This poem resonates with what the experience is like for me. I have an art social media account in which I make many poems and paintings that express my feelings as a survivor.
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Submitted by melodyrhowe04 on June 14, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB BCDC XEXE XADA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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