Defiled

When a new place 
feels unclean or unsafe, 
you can always leave it 
and go somewhere else... 
To feel safe. 

When another person 
makes you feel unclean or unsafe, 
you can choose to stay away 
and feel safe once again... 

But when it's your own skin 
that feels unclean or unsafe, 
there is nowhere left to run or hide... 
No matter how many showers you take, 
or tears you shed, 
to wash away those stubborn stains... 

You'll always have the echos 
of memories left behind, 
haunting you, 
like faded or removed tattoos... 
that only you can see, 
because you still know,
where they used to be...