It all started with a lie

It all started when I was told it was normal 

but not to be talked about 

WITH ANYONE

all it took was 

one question

to set the truth free

the terrors that left my mouth that day

would change my life completely  

all I remember about that day was

my mom put my grandma on the phone

sat me down in a chair 

and simply said

"something happened to you stepsister"

"she was sexually assaulted"

"did anything happen to you"?

little did I know

one word

could break

My mother

and completely crush me

"yes," I said 

She started asking questions

to many

my mind couldn't concentrate

i answered what I could 

she dialed a number

as I zone out her voice

becomes mumbles

Then It all went *blank*

The next day I had to talk to people about it

They asked to many questions 

but I answered them all

The next 5 months it would be 

Every night nightmares 

Constant reminders of the past

Enough tears to fill a bathtub

and then the trail starts 

I'm constantly told I'm lying

The people I once called family 

tell me I'm lying 

and I'm wrong for accusing rape

one says I should go to prison

for

lying

But we've talked

and there are more girls

25 we know of

And to think it all started with 

a 

LIE