I Am Not A Girl | Teen Ink

I Am Not A Girl

May 20, 2013
By sofia.hurwitz BRONZE, New York City, New York
sofia.hurwitz BRONZE, New York City, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&rdquo;<br /> ― Maya Angelou


I am not a girl anymore.

I am a receptacle

in which cruel face men empty their seed and then leave

as I lay waiting to be consumed by death and disease.

I am not a girl anymore.

I am a pawn amongst many;

coaxed into committing unspeakable acts of sin,

while fighting callously for a cause that I don’t even believe in.

I am not a girl anymore.

They have turned me into a monster.

They repeatedly stab me in the back as they force innocent blood between my dehydrated lips,

and I begin to enjoy the taste as my fragile sanity really starts to slip.

I am not a girl anymore.

I am an empty vessel.

A battered, bruised, begrimed body with hollow hatred bouncing through my bones.

With no remnants left of who I used to be, I am left completely alone.


The author's comments:
This poem is from the perspective of a female child soldier.

Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.