Like a lion devouring its prey
You treat me with just as much savagery
Taking what you have no right to
Stealing from me in the worst way
~ * ~
No care for what I feel about this
All that matters is your transient glee
It’s a fleeting moment for you
Life’s just been taken from me
~ * ~
At first it was a struggle
I scratch and bite as much as i can
With each rough shove I panic
Each moment that passes, I grow frantic
~ * ~
At last, the painful truth dawned on me
My life has just been changed forever
Waiting for it all to end
Seems like eternity
~ * ~
I try not to think of the mess
I try not to cry
I try not to blame myself
But all these I did
~ * ~
I watch all my dreams shatter
All fantasies crumble before my very eyes
The pain growing intense
I wonder if you know you are hurting me
~ * ~
Ounce by ounce, you kill me slowly
Dignity and self-worth gone with the wind
I hear you grunt as i writhe in pain
It happens so fast I do not understand in time
~ * ~
It seems like it’s over
More for you of course
I feel bashed, beaten, battered and abused
Crushed,betrayed,discarded and used
~ * ~
I ponder as you disappear
If I could be worse than
Something the cat sicked up
I can’t find the strength to stand
~ * ~
All my essence wasted
A hole has been dug in my soul
Bitterness and hatred fills it
How will the pieces of my life fit?
~ * ~
Walk about like one in a trance
Can’t find the words
Tears fill in for me
Hear the questions,see their faces
~ * ~
Why weren’t they around
When I needed them the most?
I honestly can not explain it all
As I only just began to understand
~ * ~
I feel like running away from
What I have become
No revenge do I want
To die is all that will suffice
~ * ~
Can’t bring my eyes to the mirror
Everyone steals looks at me
Wish I could tell them not to bother
I’m not worth a kobo
~ * ~
Too weak to hurt myself
My head is down under too
And so I have to keep moving
Through life like a ghost
~ * ~
Filled with regret and sorrow
Something has simply stopped
Never to continue again
~ * ~
It’s no use running to the law
It wasn’t made for girls like me
I’ve got to suffer and bear the brunt alone
~ * ~
Being examined by another man
Makes it seem like
It’s happening all over again
But by now, I’ve gone past caring
~ * ~
How did I fall into this trap?
Could I have avoided it?
Why did it have to be me?
What’s there to talk about?
~ * ~
No shrink can help me forget
The ugly episode is stuck in my memory
~ * ~
If I could turn back the clock,
I would never have accepted the ride.
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As you all read it,remember that women and girls are being violated around the world, in your locality,even right this minute.As against the stereotype where the rapist hunts down his prey,sometimes the victim unwittingly exposes herself to danger.I tried to illustrate this in the poem.Girls please think twice before you accept that free ride!