This is one mishap that concerns not only me but other people in the globe and I’d like everyone to talk about it.
Last week, a girl was raped in Benin, Nigeria, in a church and was killed. I’m very sure she is not the only one. Many people all over the globe face this very bedeviling thing.
I’d like to implore everyone to look at the picture carefully, compose a poem inspired by the picture and share with us.
It won’t stop immediately but I’m sure it’ll if we talk about it. So, let’s talk about it. Use the comment box below.
Please use #JusticeForUwa and #DWWPP
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I’ll carry my shame
In uncomfortable silence
I’ll never speak ur misdeeds
I won’t show defiance
I’ll hide my scars
cowering at ur feet
& ultimately admit
2 submitting in defeat
For who would believe
A tough guy like me
Would be terrorised & terrified by someone such as she….
Wow, this is so powerful…Your words are like ammunition
I cowered in the corner Disgusted with myself A shivering shocked wreck Questioning my mental health Shamefully I had led you on Or so you kept repeating Pranced provocatively before you Deserving of my beating & when you forced yourself upon me Your putrid breath on my face I felt myself die a little As fear made my heart race. You whispered in my ear Describing every despicable act Reminding me I’d asked for it Stating calmly as a fact I closed my eyes & bit on my tongue As you defiled my soul But you wont break me I wont give you that control But now clearly I see This wasnt about me I could have been anyone Subjected to all you had done The problem lies with you & your… Read more »
Bound &broken
Physically abused
Left in a heap
Battered &bruised
No thoughts of me
Crossed ur mind
U took what u wanted
Leaving devastation behind
Just what did I do
That gave u the right
2 take away my choice
& overpower my fight
But I will survive
Just to spite u
It’s just so disheartening how women suffer this bedeviling foe in the society. Your poem paints it clearly. Thanks for sharing this with us.
No longer alone suddenly terrified
aghast eyes demand escape
hands boxing like dad taught
voice screaming into darkness.
Pain finds all of me grounded
my clothes ripped away
he thrusts me harder down
bleeding my eyes refuse to see.
I am alone being raped again
he knew where I lived
America looked away again
Because I love myself.
I sense the frustration in the poem.
#SayNoToRape
Stifling entrapment
abused n hollow
from yesterday’s blow
the pain that creeps
their heart does weep
Souls enslave
feelings outrage
fears cut deep
courage that grips
freedom they seek
a voice to speak.
You’ve spoken like a real human with a soul and pen. I love the poem. Thanks for sharing this with us.
With this, we can stop the trend. Thanks again.
Trapped in a space
You’re in my face
Have to behave
Obey become your slave
Tied up, stripped bare
Bought clothes made to wear
Outside made to make
Outside life is fake
Tears like the rain
The stormy sadness feel my pain
POEM BY KARL WOMACK