Despair
The latest news
A raging voice
Quietly speaking out
Never fails to leave me
I’m still baffled
Once again this internalised violence
Promote Boys to men
Women survivors
Their dignity divested
Some perpetrators never arrested
The latest news
Too commonplace
My community
Gradually losing face
Our “moral high ground”
Slowly slipping away
We can break the chains
This kind of violence
Completely out of place
The latest news
Once again scrapes away my scabs
This shame we all bear
Rapists reared and protected
Their terrorism
Renders us all as victims
Peace and freedom
Does not meet the demands
Of total liberation
By Simone B. Naik Noemdoe, 2012-04-18. Thank you Natlalie
Johnson, you bring a voice to the voiceless! Bring the scourge of rape in South
Africa to the centre of attention.
http://africandream01.wordpress.com/
In Reality
My reality
Have many angles
Comfort and love
Acceptance
Flashes of perceived wisdom
Often touching in the dark
Hoping
Nature will bring its part
My reality
Have many angles
Doubt and insecurity
Rejection
Flashes of fresh insight
Waiting for a bright start
Hoping
Expectant to bring my part
By Simone B. Naik Noemdoe, 2012-04-18.
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