2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 3

Again late! I did write this yesterday though. Now I have got to write today’s poem.

Day 3 prompt: write a message poem

I AM SHE

I stare listlessly out of my window

Tears dried up in eyes that do not blink

Hollowness gnaws at my heart

I have lost my ability to think

I relive the horror day and night

My screams echo in my head

Their faces lurk in my mind

Leering as they leave me for dead

I had just wanted to watch a movie

Hit some stores and grab a bite

I had many plans but never knew

What awaited in the shadows of the night

They took me from a public place

Mute spectators gathered all around

I cried in fear, begged for help

But no one could hear my sound

Over and over they tore into me,

Satiating their lust like hungry beasts

Deaf to my pleas and cries of pain

Predators enjoying their forbidden feasts

They dumped me on the road, bleeding and numb

Left to rot like a piece of flesh

Medical aid saved my body for sure

My mind remained forever a mess

Those rapists are still at large

Society looks upon me with shame

‘Why were you out so late?’

They ask as if I was to blame

Hear my words loud and clear

All you pseudo upholders of morality

I won’t be cowed by the likes of you

Don’t mistake my fear for my frailty

I am she, the fountain of life

In my womb does mankind arise

You have abused and decimated me enough

In doing so you hasten your own demise

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