Bruised and battered
Her soul shattered
She lies on the road
Raped in the bus she board
Raped in the cab she board
She lies on the road
Seen and ignored
Tongues moving towards her
In search of a story
Feet moving away
Cutting a figure so sorry
She lies on the road
For hours and hours
Who bothers
Who cares
Everybody fares
Look there, escape away fathers
Of their daughters
See that, they turn around,
Brothers of their sisters
For every step moving away
Humanity runs away
From the world.
It is ever the true hallmark of a Poet that they confront and challenge the injustices of daily existence and shed a critical light on the failings and shortcomings of society’s responses.