Fading Pride
A Rape Awareness Poem to Help Fight for Women's Rights in Countries That Still See Women as Nothing
All she does is standwith her back towards the light.Her face buried in her handsAs she carries on her fight.
Her tears could fill an ocean wideHer screams, a grandfather clock.
She’s waiting as her pride
Fades away with ticks and tocks.
Her body scarred with purple and blue
The blood running down her cheek
She could try and sue
But she’s only worth 50 sheep!
If people only knew
What she could provide
All the things that she could do
Her words could make you wise.
Her stories could fill a thousand books,
Her knowledge, the entire world.
But ragged and shabby are her looks,
Dirty dress and hair that’s curled.
If only she hadn’t done it!
If only someone said no!If only someone was watching,
Then she wouldn’t have had to go!
Help her in her fate
And millions of woman more,
To strive once again
As the rooster gives its call.
Stand up for the rights of this girl
And help keep her safe.Because she, like many others
Is a victim, of rape.
About the Creator
Jamie Wills
I'm in love with the eloquence of English. The right words strung together can cause ones imagination to run wild.
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