Hope
What is it?
Is it wishing for your father to be there for you?
Is it wishing for your mother to be more gentle with you?
Is it something that should make us wish we never were born?
Is it wishing to be free of all this pain?
Is it wishing to be able to enjoy an actual life without men wanting to touch you?
Is it wishing to be able to stand up for what you believe in?

Hope
It's none of these things
It's more like a forgotten memory
It doesn't help us with anything
All it does is make us wish for many things that we can't have
We hope to have courage to defend ourselves
But what good does that do us?
Many people are beaten to a point that they can't even walk anymore
Some are beaten and left for dead
So tell me what good does it do us if we hope to have the courage to defend ourselves?
So many girls are raped or molested at a young age that they can't even be in the same room with boys
Some of those girls think it's better if they kill themselves so they don't have to live with the memory of having men rape them
The world is harsh
But we can't change it
All we can do is hope that the world will one day change on it's own