Baptised

I don't remember what being baptised was like

  I was a child when this rights of passage ritual took place

  I never experienced it again

  As a adult I experienced a feeling that may closely resemble what a baptism was like

  I did a baptism of my own

  It was unexpected

  I baptised myself in a pool of my tears

  Shed for every man who has made a fool of me

  I washed away the souls of the men who laid me to bed and preyed on me

  I feel brand new

  The little girl in me has died and a woman has emerged

  I am not bitter

  I am not hurt

  I am set free from my past