Rape (Shhh)

Rape (Shhh) 

Shhh pretty little girl,

It's as simple as one, two,

And three minutes, Then I'm through,

Words from your vile lips that slobbered,

My fragile skin till you were done. 

Shhh pretty little girl, 

This is our little secret,

Don't say a word to daddy and mommy,

Or I will smite you in the morning,

Words after your manhood robbed me of a normal childhood. 

Shhh pretty little girl, 

That's what I tell myself,

Ten, twenty and thirty years later,

When I try to scrub your filth off my skin,

I did not wince under the scalding water,

Because, you said shhh pretty little girl,

No one knows how,

Those words scarred me forever. 

© Richard Adejumola.