Please don't touch me

By Deliberately Evolving

Tue, 01 Dec 2015

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11 comments

Please don't touch me

I just wanted a friend...

someone I could talk to

when I thought

there was no one else.

I didn't mind the hug

or the fatherly kiss

on the forehead,

that was ok...

comforting, in a way -

but please don't touch me.

Don't violate me...

You don't think of the shame

you'll inflict, the guilt

and the blame, the crime

you'll commit -

not just against the law

but against me. I'm the one

who'll carry the low self esteem,

never form

proper relationships again

never understanding why,

suppressing the pain, until

one day...

twenty years on,

the flood gates burst

and I crumble, and I'm telling

my husband...

Please don't touch me.

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Powerful piece!

Permalink Submitted by loquaciousicity on Tue, 2015-12-01 10:20

Powerful piece!

Thanks Terry.

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Tue, 2015-12-01 10:26

Thanks Terry.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

The full circle. So

Permalink Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on Tue, 2015-12-01 11:27

The full circle. So brilliantly put in so few words. Very well done Accidentally!

Thanks incert. I wanted to

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Tue, 2015-12-01 11:29

Thanks incert. I wanted to convey the idea that sometimes the effects do not seem dramatic - like drugs, prostitution etc but affect the persons life in a way that is very consuming to them. All the damage is turned inwards to a place you can't see.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Thanks for the cherries admin

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Tue, 2015-12-01 11:37

Thanks for the cherries admin.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Ae...you did it again, with

Permalink Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on Tue, 2015-12-01 20:43

Ae...you did it again, with knobs on.

Tina

Thanks Tina!

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Tue, 2015-12-01 21:02

Thanks Tina!

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Important piece on a

Permalink Submitted by Pat G on Wed, 2015-12-02 03:56

Important piece on a terrifyingly common, but grossly under-reported, situation.

You are so right

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Wed, 2015-12-02 07:51

You are so right

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Sensitively done.

Permalink Submitted by Bee on Wed, 2015-12-02 06:45

Sensitively done.

Bee

Thanks Bee

Permalink Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on Wed, 2015-12-02 07:51

Thanks Bee

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Please don't touch me

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Powerful piece!

Thanks Terry.

The full circle. So

Thanks incert. I wanted to

Thanks for the cherries admin

Ae...you did it again, with

Thanks Tina!

Important piece on a

You are so right

Sensitively done.

Thanks Bee

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