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Was it my soul or body?

#Nonet Challenge

By Hope MartinPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Was it my soul or body?
Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

I'm not sorry that I have to go.

Your words have severed me, soul-deep.

You say you're ashamed, turned off.

You said I'm fat and gross.

But then held me down,

in drunken stupor.

Your friends laughed.

I cried.

Raped.

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Hope Martin

Find my fantasy book "Memoirs of the In-Between" on Amazon in paperback, eBook, and hardback, in the Apple Store, or on the Campfire Reading app.

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I am a mother, a homesteader, and an abuse survivor.

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    Written by Hope Martin