It didn’t take me long to realise
That I was never on my own.
The pain I forever could feel
Was felt in every one of our homes.
Our eyes stare at the outline
Of our grey, gloomy ceilings.
‘The beauty’ so unattainable
That our skins come off in peelings.
Our hearts together thudding
As those groping arms reach forth,
Because all who came before us
Have tales of men to match a war.
The light shines bright on our faces;
Hatred of our pores, hair and scars.
Never knowing each other’s secrets
Until we’re deep inside the stars.
‘Me too’, just those two words
Set off a burning flame in my heart.
Thank you, thank you, thank you
For stopping my body falling apart.
Now our lips are sewn no longer,
We are finally at liberty to be alive.
And we tell each other much, so much.
Young girls against the ravishing hives.