Rape

Posted on January 15, 2015 | 28 Comments

I wield my words viciously

Like a knife

I slash at her

As I rape her

Hold her down and penetrate her

Blood showers from my blade

As I overwhelm her

But slowly my ravishes

Thrust after thrust

Turn into love

And I wonder

What have I done?

A little explanation on this one. It was written about a year and a half ago after a particularly vicious fight with my my wife. As most married people know, it is easier sometimes to hurt the one you love the most and know the best.

You know how it is; you know all of their triggers and weak spots. I am not normally a cruel person nor is my wife ,but in this instance, I started throwing low blows while we were going at it. Immediately , I regretted it because I could see that I had deeply hurt her and she is the last person that I want to do that to.

So, there it is. Yeah, I was really an asshole that night.

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28 responses to “Rape”

Opinionated Man | March 5, 2015 at 11:21 am | Reply

Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
Yes the explanation really does help heh. I imagine without it you would get some questionable comments and possible some accusations from certain people. 🙂 -OM
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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:22 am | Reply
  
  Dude, you didn’t… Now you have me laughing my ass off. Thanks, my buzz has been really “Harshed” this mornng
  
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  - Opinionated Man | March 5, 2015 at 11:23 am |
    
    🙂 I hope you get some views on it heh. You definitely have the hook.
    
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  - jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:26 am |
    
    That is hilarious. I have been “O.M’d” That’s what I get for laughing so hard when you do it to other people.
    
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  - Opinionated Man | March 5, 2015 at 11:28 am |
    
    I see myself as the genie that floats on karma.
    
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  - jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:30 am |
    
    LOL. That’s a good one unto itself. For some reason, you always have the ability to cheer me up. I think it’s your evil…… Just kidding
    
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aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 11:34 am | Reply

I get it, words can be even more hurtful than actions, others may not, I feel for you if the harpies latch on to this one.

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:42 am | Reply
  
  Yes, it happened when I posted it on a poetry site. I personally thought that it was plain and clear that it was vicious word use. They didn’t like the violent analogy, but hey, that is how it feels.
  
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  - aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 11:51 am |
    
    Many people are hypersensitive to the use of the word rape in any context. On the flip side it is a very powerful way to express an idea.
    
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  - jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 12:10 pm |
    
    You know , I did actually have a slight concern about offending someone who had actually been violently raped. I still used the analogy because writers words, like boxers fists, can be deadly weapons.
    
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  - aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 12:15 pm |
    
    I don’t find it offensive, I found it true. From my perspective a violent rape was less emotionally damaging than a vicious verbal assault from someone I loved and trusted deeply. The one was an act of violence on my person the other an act of violence on my being. Not all women see it that way.
    
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aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 11:35 am | Reply

Awww moderation, yes, that should provide a shield of sorts

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:38 am | Reply
  
  I don’t moderate
  
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  - aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 11:40 am |
    
    It said my comment went to moderation?
    
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  - jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 11:45 am |
    
    That is some automatic wordpress spam filter that I don’t know how to control. In my control panel I have moderation off. For some reason it catches the occasionally commenter, even people that I follow and converse with
    
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  - aladywrites4u | March 5, 2015 at 11:52 am |
    
    Some people keep the setting for it turned on. I like to live dangerously so I keep mine off, all the time.
    
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Karyn | March 5, 2015 at 11:53 am | Reply

“they didn’t like the violent analogy”…what the hell is writing for if not to ‘reach’ people; draw out an emotion? Dang.
Oh yeah, great job.

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 12:04 pm | Reply
  
  thanks, Karyn
  
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stephieopolis | March 5, 2015 at 11:54 am | Reply

It is definitely easier to hurt the ones we love because we know exactly where to wound them.

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 12:03 pm | Reply
  
  Yes, and they are last ones you want to do it too.
  
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  - stephieopolis | March 5, 2015 at 3:59 pm |
    
    Exactly. Strange phenomenon.
    
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Ritu | March 5, 2015 at 1:49 pm | Reply

This is deep….

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 1:51 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks, I’m glad you liked it.
  
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  - Ritu | March 5, 2015 at 2:03 pm |
    
    It is so easy to hurt someone you love in the spur of the moment, and you can’t take back words or actions… I’m pretty sure we’ve all been there…
    
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musings147 | March 5, 2015 at 3:09 pm | Reply

This piece evokes a powerful response, for it is brutally honest. I loved it.

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- jay352 | March 5, 2015 at 3:16 pm | Reply
  
  Thank yo, I’m glad you liked it. I think some of that brutal honesty may have been motivated by a sense guilt. It was not one of my finest moments and the woman in question is one whom I deeply love and respect.
  
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  - musings147 | March 5, 2015 at 3:25 pm |
    
    The strong sense of guilt is what makes the poem so thought-provoking. I guess it is indicative of the depth of the underlying emotion- love.
    
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