What Was She Wearing? - Svalbard

Is this too much?

Is this not enough?

If I don’t cover up

Does that make it my fault?

You have painted me

So the clothes I am wearing

Speak louder than

The things I am saying

The only thing I can be

Is a prude or a whore

Seeking attention

And nothing more

Showing flesh

Showing flesh

Does not remove dignity

Showing flesh

Showing flesh

Does not invalidate me

Why are we still being punished

Just for having a body?

Why are we still being judged

Solely on our clothing?

Showing flesh does not deserve shaming

Showing flesh does not warrant blaming

Why the hell must you ask

What the victim was wearing?

Why are our bodies seen as a bad thing?

To be locked away in a misconception of purity

To be hidden like a guilty secret

To be hidden like a guilty secret

This is my skin

This is the vessel I exist in

It is not a sin

My body is not a sin