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Freestyle Memory
The challenge is to set a timer and write for 10 minutes on memory. No editing, no thinking…just writing. Here’s mine…
College girl
finally
you were a friend to me
in the popular fraternity
yet
you noticed me.
I remember
You picked me up after a party
so nice to me
always so funny and sweet.
I had such a good time
I didn’t want to go home
didn’t want to go back to my dorm.
I wanted to keep the party going.
So…
we went back to your room.
I remember.
I was geeked
friends high-fiving me
you were cute and so sweet.
I remember.
laughter on the way over
story after story
laughing until my stomach hurt.
And then we were there.
You wanted me to drink something
but I wasn’t a drinker.
No idea
why my,
“no thank yous”
put you in such a bad mood.
I remember.
We smoked a little
from a bong
my first time
I felt wrong.
I just wanted to lay down.
You told me I was welcome
in your home
You said that I was safe
with you around.
You told me this was okay
you would stay out my way
drive me home later that day.
I stayed.
No choice.
I didn’t feel right.
I remember…
lying across your bed
my swirling head
felt filled with lead
and then
pressure
someone getting on the bed
arms pinned above my head
legs spread
against my will.
I remember
every single thing you took from me.
You hurt me.
And while you were brutalizing me
you whispered
how sweet
I was
told me how deep
you were.
As if I didn’t know
As if I couldn’t feel every inch
of your intrustion
in to MY soul.
I was hot
and
cold.
I remember.
Crying myself to sleep
locked in your bathroom
on the floor
the cold tile reminding me
I was alive.
I survived…
and although I didn’t believe it at the time
I would be alright.
I remember
16 years later
I remember it all.
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