Let’s Be Friends

There is something about the way he said "let's be friends"

It's the storm clouds rolling in, 

Foreboding the storm ahead

There are earthquakes pulsing through her heart and shaking her body

The wind has stolen the air from her lungs, 

She's a fish out of water

Her whole life has been to prepare her for this moment 

"don't trust strange boys"

"don't be a prude"

"there's no such thing as rape culture"

"never go anywhere alone"

It's years of grown men staring at a child because she developed early

It's years of boys will be boys

It's years of you would look better if you didn't wear baggy clothes

It's years of you'd be prettier if you smiled more

It's years of come on, you trust me, we are friends, I wouldn't hurt you

It's years of let's be friends