Poem- "I AM YOUR BARBIE DOLL"

“I Am Your Barbie Doll”  

I am your Barbie doll
I will bend and mold myself
to your liking
Change my clothes.
Style my hair.
I am in your control and
You made me that way.
I stay obedient because
my ideals are
twisted & tangled & contorted
with yours.
You've so cleverly replaced
them as my own thoughts.

My mind says I love you.
My heart says I am a liar.

I will add "crying myself to sleep"
to my daily routine.
You will insult me until my
ego resembles my heart
shattered and swept under the rug.
How easily I now adapt to
your opinions
once you've killed the fight in me,
once you've killed me.
I am just collateral damage.
Lost in the translation of
your bigger picture.

I'll sit silent in a crowded room.
(You do all my talking)
I'll wear the clothes you pick out.
(to avoid the names you'll call me)
"SLUT"
"WHORE"
I'll let you grab my chest in public.
(I'm your piece of meat).
I'll give in to your sexual demands.
(my body is yours).
I accept my lack of
personality and opinion.
I am not myself.
I am an extension of you.

I am manipulated.
I am pathetic.
And I know it.

I AM YOUR BARBIE DOLL.

By : Madison, 2007
Victim of Dating Violence