**WARNING**
Mature themes such as rape
A boy,
A girl,
Two lives intertwined.
They were just kids
Playing in the park,
Riding bikes,
Not worrying about anything
A boy,
A girl,
Two lives intertwined.
Years have passed but the same souls
Playing,
Teasing,
A skirt has been lifted,
Boys will be boys
But,
Girls will get punished.
A boy,
A girl,
Two lives intertwined.
One same soul, but a broken one is near.
Popularity and pressure,
Playing games but the boy wants more.
Following her to the bathroom, with her innocence intact,
Screams were muffled —
Her innocence was seized,
Leaving one soul broken,
And one-half full.
A girl,
A lonely broken soul,
Tears streaming down her face.
Watching the boy who once was her friend,
Leave with her innocence.
No one believes her because,
Boys will be boys.
A boy,
A soul half broken.
Leaving with the first innocence.
He feels good,
Walking the halls with his head held high.
Telling his friends, getting applause,
Giving a sense of power,
Hungry for more.
Nine Months go by,
A mom,
An unwanted child.
She thought it would be okay,
When he was born
Yet every time she looked at him,
Her face would freeze in fear.
It reminded her of a day that she wished away.
A man,
A liquor bottle,
Trying to fill the void.
With the whiskey and vodka,
Going out at night not changing his ways
He has fewer notches in his belt than the number of innocence he has stolen.
A man,
A new girl,
Just turned eighteen.
He saw her across the bar
Slipped something in her drink,
She drank every drop and fell into his trance.
Just like that,
He had trapped another innocence.
A new girl,
A police report,
Trauma and justice.
Many more come forward,
But he doesn’t get much time.
Because
Boys will be boys.
I wrote this poem because of all of the news about rape. I think it is a very important subject. I hope I was able to shed some light on this topic. The saying ‘Boys will be boys‘ is pointless because that is saying that boys can act any way they want to but never get punished.
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Dear Camdyn,
This was powerful. There really aren’t many words to describe this. It takes a lot of strength to write bout rape as it could be sensitive for lot of people. The repetition and symbolism of writing “a boy. a girl” when things were still good then isolating them when things weren’t good was very intentional and effective. I would just watch for GUMPS next time and maybe a little bit more in your explication. Otherwise, this was great love!
Love,
Tolu.
Tolu, Thank you so much. I was contemplating about posting this because of the subject matter but I feel this needs to be more talked about than it is. I will go back and revise the gumps. Once again thank you so much!
Cammie <3
Dear Camdyn,
Before I go into the writing, I just wanted to say your blog looks fantastic! Everything is cohesive and well organized, amazing work!
Now for this poem, I don’t even know where to begin; it was raw, beautiful, accurate, well written, and most of all, a very important subject that often gets excluded or avoided. I appreciate you for addressing such an important subject and shedding light into it through this beautiful writing. Following the story line of the girl and the boy was an excellent decision; it really helped to bring the situation into perspective.
For improvements, I only have suggestions that you can use if you wish to. Each time you shift into the males story line, you can shift the margin to the right, and the female story line could be to the left margin. This just adds structural diversity that follows along with the context of your poem.
Overall, very well done Camdyn. You have powerful and meaningful writing; keep it up!!
Sincerely,
Hefseeba
Hefseeba,
Thank you for reading my poem, and looking at my blog. I feel so honored because you are such a powerful writer yourself. For the poem, I think shifting the margins is a great idea and will definitely go in and fix that right away!
Once again thank you,
Cammie <3
Looks great Cammie!