It Took Time

it took time
for me

to love myself

to find beauty

in me

to respect myself enough

to not break

every time

someone walked away

but you

you ignorant

selfish

cold-hearted

thief 

you stole

all of that

for one night

you took

my rights

my power

my strength

my voice

my everything

and you ripped it to pieces

with every thrust

every touch

my skin burned

bubbled and bruised

with every inch of you

forced inside

every inch of me

and it's not fair

that i lay here

afraid to be naked

in tears

being numb to 

everything but the stinging

that you left

in me

when you decided

i was nothing more

than an object 

to use

and abuse

it took time

to build myself back up

when i was stripped

to my bare

cold

nothingness

it took time

to stop breaking

every time

i heard your name

it took time

to be 

human again

and now

you want more