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On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, this heart-rending poem encapsulates the horror of violence & assault!
She was left there like a thingFeeling dirty, unworthyLike leftover food for scavengingBleeding and achingNumb now by the overhauling pain
She was left there carelesslyLike it didn’t matter if she diedLike it didn’t matter if she was aliveHer breath the only proof of her survivalDid she actually make it alive?
It was red underneathThe sheets smeared now withWhat she bledIt was all unsaidAnd it remained unsaid
Image source: Still from Mom
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