The Spyder

Your poison leeched the innocence from me,
When you stole into my bed that night.

Sweet sixteen, too young and so naive,
Perhaps a stranger I would have seen.

Your finger prints, like branding irons,
Leave the memory seared and unseen.

You thought I was asleep that night,
Though motionless, I was only lying.

Playing dead hoping the predator,
Losing interest would shuffle out the door.

A babe of three sleeps beside me in the bed,
Blissfully unaware, dreams of magical worlds floating in her head.

I don’t know who you came for that night, if it was me all along or..
My body blocking hers, keeping her safe from you and your bite.

If that was the heavy price to be paid, to protect her innocence today..
Then I took that bitter pill, unable to react, keeping silent, I was frozen still.

Fingers outstretched, sneaking stealthily, as they reach up to touch,
It was only a moment before I could no longer bear to stay and keep hush hush.

I shifted my body slightly, enough so you’d think I was waking,
That night I did not sleep at all, crying silently while my body was still shaking.

My family was right outside the entire time you boldly groped me.
I did not tell a sole that night, I was supposed to be asleep..
It was my word against yours, I was so afraid, would anyone even believe me?

I told my younger cousins and siblings to keep them safe,
They too were unequipped, to speak up and speak out,
You, my bogeyman realized, got away unpunished and unscathed.

This is my final secret, I can no longer keep it to myself, I must finally bleed this poison out,
Before it consumes me once more, your actions no longer shame me, I’m strong enough to speak aloud.

My parents never knew, I don’t know if they could tell that I had completely changed.
I worked so hard to bury it deep, I drifted from everyone, ashamed and self estranged.

It wasn’t their fault, there is nothing more they could have done, I struggle now to figure out the words to say..
You protected me and made feel safe, but the monster was someone trusted with keeping monsters away.

The best that you can do, for the children you want to protect, is teach them not to discriminate.
How to recognize the patterns and establish appropriate personal boundaries to keep them safe.

Let them know that no matter what, you will always believe and that you will never doubt,
If a monster attacks, you will be there swiftly and surely to seek them out.

A spider crawled into my bed, he came to me in the night..

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