Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Don't ask me to forgive
when it's fresh in my mind;
You just don't see my shame
and that I've wanted to die.

It wasn't you who was hurt
and left broken and bleeding.
And it isn't you who even
now feels the pain!

It isn't you who is visited
every time you fall asleep;
to be plagued by nightmares
again and again!

It isn't you who has
doubts and misgivings!
It isn't you who still
is fighting these fears!

It isn't you who feels
dirtied and soiled!
And it isn't you who
weeps sad shameful tears!

Don't minimize my hurt
nor the pain of my sisters,
or ignore the pain of
my brothers as well!