Lonely Scarlet
(A/N: Trigger warning. Mention of sexual assault.)
hey
it's me
remember?
a girl next door
who used to love
unconditionally
who'd travel the world
unabashedly
who just wanted to
live
yet i was left with nothing
but to die, mercilessly.
who doesn't remember
that cold december night
a simple girl in a bus
enjoying the city lights
why, did you have to interrupt
why, did you have to intrude
don't you know how sacred
my space and body were?
for you i was just another target
to help you relieve your frustration
surrounding me were you beasts
the bus driving to some destination
if only i had known, it'd be a long trip
longer than the nights of hospital shifts
my screams a mere whimper in vacuum
your laughs a mere trigger for anxiety
why did you have to be brutal
why did you have to kill me
was raping not enough?
was abducting me chivalrous?
that you had to torture an innocent
and throw her off a moving bus?
justice delayed is justice denied
that's what society says
yet it kept its mouth sealed
when came the judgement day
my sisters and brothers marched
that chilly week to save my soul
candles all around me
but not a single ray of hope
no, I'm not thankful
to have escaped that impure body
it wasn't my fault to begin with
then why did I have to leave?
i can see the burning pits of hell
and i wish to see you roasting within
for no girl deserves to be tortured
in a place which others call heaven
this country is goddamn beautiful
it's you who makes it filthy
scavengers are more decent
than you, who roams so freely
my soul can't breathe
for I see patterns repeating
no, i won't rest in peace
until every girl is safe
im just a lonely survivor
waiting for others to wake up
for when they do, they'll fight back
and that day your scarlet blood will spill.
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(A/N: This poem is about the Nirbhaya Rape Case.)
