
I have struggled with what the Supreme Court decided on Roe v Wade. I have wept for all those who were trusting of someone they shouldn’t have been. I sobbed for those who were given a memory they weren’t prepared to deal with. But it’s the ones whose lives are forever ruined seeking to find help in a most difficult situation that I cry for now. I was reminded Dirty Dancing was not a love story with flowers and hearts, but about a privileged girl helping someone in trouble. Penny came out of it able to have kids. Had she not had medical help she may not have been able to. She could have died. Those are the ones we will soon all mourn. This is just what could happen to many.
He smiled at me
He said I could trust him
I did
He held my hand
He said I would like it
At first I did
(NO)
He held me down
He said I deserved it
I didn’t
(NO)
He laughed at me
He said I was worthless
I wasn’t
(NO)
**
I gathered my strength
I knew I could do this
It wasn’t me
I pointed at him
I said he had done it
He did
**
They locked him away
They told me my fate
It grows
(NO)
They said I could love it
They said it didn’t matter
It did
**
He said I could trust him
He said he could help me
… now I can never have children
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – trust