Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
They are blind,
They own eyes but their souls are too dirty to see through them,
They are blind, blind like a college student who cannot sing the ABC’s.
She would rather lose her children if it meant she keeps her abusive husband,
Why?
Because she is blind of the pain he causes,
Blind of the tears dropping because of him,
Blind of the nightmares he creates in vulnerable minds.
They say she is quite a woman,
Strong at fight against THOSE who corrupt our society,
She walks proudly in the streets,
She is blind,
She has the real villain under the covers of her bed,
She, a judge who doesn’t believe in the law,
A minister who doesn’t believe in the bible,
A farmer who burns seeds.
They are blind,
People with poor excuses for eyes.
Mom gave me life, so did she teach me many lessons,
But she died without warning me about men, specially relatives who broke boundaries and got too close.
Last night I couldn’t sleep,
I was upset that I did not have my period,
It seems that I had nothing for an excuse to present.
A 40 year old man walks in the 12 year old girl’s bedroom with a goal of satisfying his needs because his wife couldn’t do it for him.
I stared at his red eyes,
I inhaled his breath,
I stared until he pushed my face aside,
And he complained, “why were my legs too tight”?
He can see me cry,
He cannot see anyone wiping the tears off,
Therefore he goes on being blind,
Blind of the damage he creates.