Aphrodisiac
I hesitated to write about it because I had to think about the generations of family that I would be bringing disgrace on. Then I realised even the disgrace wouldn't help me to forget incidents stuck at the back of my mind telling me 'If only you knew'. At sixteen, when the classes were filled with jokes about contraceptive methods, I laughed along. The one sentence that explained sex in the biology text felt stupid, something that you could skip because it wouldn't come for the exams and for once you were right. But do we all realise the damage we are a part of? You tell us off as a generation That doesn't love the right way, A generation that fucks And not one that makes love. A generation that always Fall prey to fits of passion. But you tell us off for The wrong reasons. We are doomed because we are still the generation that gets sex education Weeks before tying the knot. Still the generation that Holds the trauma of abuse Without a soul to rely on. Sti