Being Used

I was young, naive, I had no sense,
meeting in private rooms this idol,
the attention was so intense,
all my emotions and feelings were tidal,

Their eyes looked at me with glazing stare,
sweet talking and fast moving hands,
telling me that as a fan, how much they care,
it was the same with some of those bands,

When I said thats not the place to touch,
they laughed and smiled thats ok dear,
trying not to offend them too much,
were just being very friendly here,

Leaving and being given some gift,
something told me that things had not been right,
who could I turn to without causing a rift,
Alone in bed and cried my eyes out that night,

Next day I had a word with Mum,
the horror on her face at what was said,
we will go to the police and see what can be done,
my nerves had gone and I was shaking with dread,

A statement was taken at the station,
questioning eyes and fearful words,
you realise your accusing a star of the nation,
their intimidation made me really scared,

I was nervous I know but really tried,
a cursory check with the star an alibi ensued,
words and spite came back to say I lied,
tears spun hard and shame at being used,

Now decades on the story is clear,
pandoras box is opened and secrets are out,
I no longer have to hide my shame and fear,
my story has been revealed and now has more clout,

But to have all those tears and sadness within,
now being told I was not only used,
I have been told it was not I who had committed a sin,
As a child I had been maliciously abused.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Jun 2014
About this poem:
Current events have shown yet another person is guilty of using stardom as a means to get their guilty pleasures. This poem I hope sort of captures the feelings of being scared and not listened to when they tried to raise the alarm, and now years on they can unburden the guilt they carried.

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Comments (9)

morgen90210
amazing. .. ... .... ..... salute to you for a great touching poem
Stedan
Morgen thank you for appreciating the write a touchy subject of late but far too many incidents coming to light.handshake
Merriweather
Well done Stedan...

you capture that beautifully..

even though your words are sad. sad flower
Stedan
Thank you Whisper although the poem carries the sadness imagine the plight of the young victim they too have had to carry the burden of being manipulated, it highlights the tragedy and thats what I aimed for, thank you again for your open commenthandshake
Odette67
Very well written about the evil in our midst. thumbs up purple heart
Stedan
Odette thank you praise from yourself is indeed welcomed and appreciated conversing
RainComeShine
These people think they're god. These are cowards taking advantage of the vulnerable.

Hopefully these exposures will help prevent it happening in the future. I hope these historic events will be mentioned in the schools so it never go underground again.

thanks handshake
Stedan
Thank you RCS...recently a weather man was sentenced to jail time,,another one who used their influence, yet not because he was on national television but when he was a School Teacher.
Predators are amongst every walk of life whether male or female.
Happygolucky4u
You penned this so well. Such a sadness at the thought of not being believed when telling the truth. That is adding hurt to injury. blues
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