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Dec 06
poem 3 comments
activist_fieldhockey

shape of my body

what will I do?
can I take care of it?
can I love it? 
can I feed it?
why did I let this happen?
was it my fault?
nevertheless,
I am still worried. 
I don't want to admit it.
I want to get rid of it.
I don't want to be judged.
I don't want to be hated.
I just want to be loved.
I just want to be accepted.
but now the weight
of this baby
inside of me
is weighing me down.
and I don't know why.
an abortion isn't bad.
is it?
no.
it isn't
but I know
that some people are bad.
the people that try to shape me.
to make me into an object.
to model me like I'm clay.
to touch me without my permission.
and to bare me with such a heavy responsibility
the responsibility of a child.





 
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Posted: 12.06.18
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hazel green
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  1. PeachesMalone
    Dec 23, 2018

    Wow! That is a rough, controversial topic to take on, but you did well. Thank you.

    "The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think."
    -Harper Lee

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  1. activist_fieldhockey
    Dec 24, 2018

    thanks to you too! that means a lot.

    hazel green

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  1. PeachesMalone
    Dec 24, 2018

    My pleasure. :)

    "The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think."
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