Ballad Of A Beautiful Woman
Ballad of a beautiful woman
I wake up in a strange room, the sheets are sticky and the clothes are dirty. Last night my body was not mine. We met in a bar, he offered me a drink and told me I was beautiful; that I was hot. He told me: “I enjoy your company. Come with me.” He brought me to an art gallery, he showed me what he liked, he asked for my thoughts. He kissed me, he tied my wrists: he told me to beg, he called me a whore. He hit me, I didn’t like it. He hit me again. I asked for more.
It’s morning and I wake up in another bed. This man was less rough, he kissed my skin and caressed my body; he said that a woman like me deserved worship. We met again. And again, and again. He became more talkative during sex. He started saying that I had a perfect body, that I was a gift from the gods, that I was made for him. When I told him I was moving he begged me to stay. Two weeks later he was at my door. He broke in. I was on the bed.
I wake up in the middle of the night. I’m alone. Many men approached me during the evening, each of them with a lascivious look. I turned them down. I laid in my bed and I cried.
There is no love for me in this world. Only pity and shallow lust.
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