But No Help Came

By SilentStalker

"No" was the word I constantly repeated on that night.
"Please" was the word I pleaded with, unable then to fight.
"Stop" was the word I yelled at you, completely bound in fright.
"Help" was the word I screamed aloud, but no one was in sight.

"Come on" you said as you grabbed my arms and pushed me to the ground.
"Shut up" you said as you covered my mouth, muffling all my sound.
"Hold still" you said as you lay on me; my arms and legs were bound.
"Enough" you said as you grabbed my head and twisted it around.

The darkness lasted long but then I suddenly came to.
With knowledge of what happened then and all I had gone through.
And with great pain I realized the tragedy was true.
I never made it through that night; I was not saved from you.

"No" was the word I used that night "Please" I tried to cry.
"Come on" "Shut up" you yelled at me with anger in your eye.
"Stop" and "Help" I screamed aloud; to get away I tried.
"Hold still" "Enough" you lost your nerve; why did I have to die?

The scene repeated through my mind, though seemingly untamed.
And faster yet, and faster yet, but still, it was the same.
You kept right on, not stopping once; I curse your lack of shame.
You had your fun, and so you won, for no help ever came.

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Published on Tuesday, September 23, 2003. Filed under: "Abuse" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

I wrote this in ninth grade after a friend told me she was raped. Though fictional, it was based on my real reaction, and how my mind 'amplifies' a situation. It has had quite an impact on me and other readers of it since then.

Comments on "But No Help Came"

On Friday, August 5, 2016, Just Dave (457) wrote:

This is a brilliant poem. Sad but brilliant. Saved to my favorites
On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, vicimineo (31) wrote:

All I can say is thank you.
A former member wrote: Hits me in a very deep way. My ex whom just left me was brutally raped for years by her step brother until she finally came forward to her parents with news. He told her the first time he did it when she was 12 :That I will destroy the rest of your life." and he did she has such emotional detachment and trust issues ultimately why she just left me. Because though we were both in love and I finally made her fall in love with me it is out of fear she can never commit to a relationship she has never trusted a male in her life so now my heart and hers are the victims as well, A great write a great read ty for this because it is so twisted but true.
On Saturday, February 27, 2010, Musik2MyEyes (193) wrote:

This sends emotions on a very unsettling ride. It's true...this one stays with you forever. You wrote it masterfully.
A former member wrote: i ad a friend that went through soemthing very similar. i know as a friend i was shocked and that it has changed my life
A former member wrote: wow that is amazing. and i honestly feel for that person. its hard to think that you know exactly how they feel.
On Friday, March 18, 2005, Beautiful Scars (175) wrote:

No words can describe the way this poem makes me feel, I went through something similar to this. Amazing work -Fairy
On Tuesday, February 1, 2005, Emptyness Inside Me (171) wrote:

Wow, amazing darun, this was really good. Its very sad that really bad things like that happen in the world more often than most people think. you did an excellent job on this my friend ~Josh~
A former member wrote: i'm in tears, because that's how it fuckin happens, more people need to fuckin know that it hurts *bows* thank you my friend
On Monday, December 1, 2003, UnsilentMajority (19) wrote:

masterpiece
On Monday, November 17, 2003, sole (93) wrote:

This poem is amazing. Definitely one of my favorites.
A former member wrote: i love this. it reminds me of well me. i do really like this
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, cre (411) wrote:

oh wow . . such a horrific story . . but you wrote it amazingly . .
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, angelunderneath (60) wrote:

I would love to say that this is a great write but I find that hard to say about something so inhumane...How someone can do such a thing is beyond my comprehension. Moving, and very thought provoking
A former member wrote: This poem left me speechless. The words and the images it creates are so powerful - it really gets inside of you. Beautiful work.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Ophelia (221) wrote:

I'm close to tears, the cruelty of mankind are we not a terrible speicies, we rape,kill,and destroy what we don't understand. Sorry it just made me angry and sad all at the same time.......O.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Blinded_Tiger (518) wrote:

Shaking not alone, Of beauty this is the alter, Pain it did not live in only one, Let us just try, Even if we pretent, That pain we can share, To make it less and less in this, Let us try. Tiger
A former member wrote: I can understand the shaking...as I got to the end I started shaking. Such a horrible thing...
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, SilentStalker (1066) wrote:

This poem gave my whole class (including me) a huge awareness of the issue. And no further incidents after that. So the true story finally had a somewhat happy ending, in a somber way...
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Blinded_Tiger (518) wrote:

Thats...just...*speechless*