'It's My Body, Please Don't' Poem by Trevor Valentine

It's My Body
by Valentine

It's my body
Mum says
Mum says I should say
If anyone tries to touch it
I don't know what she meant

Why?
Why is it our little secret
What's a 'secret'?
Maybe I will understand
When I get older
Will I understand?
Will you help me?

Or, will I be hurt
And damaged
And broken
And will I only then understand
Exactly
What
She
Meant

And will I only then try
To make sure
With every
Breath
In
My
Body
That it doesn't happen
To somebody else

It's my body
Please don't.