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
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 387
Words 78
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Melody R. Howe

 · 2004 · New Jersey

Melody R. Howe is a young creative writer who does a lot of artwork and paintings that inspire young women. more…

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