She died again today
for the thirty-fifth time
my heart relives the day
it’s frozen in my mind
No one listened to her cries
not the ones a difference makes
we were still just silly kids
this fiend her spirit did break
who excuses such an act
laugh and look the other way
family guilty all
it was no three act play
others I believe
were broken by this man
girls all were they
when did decency forget to stand?
too late for my dear friend
ropes easy knots to tie
no expression til the last
hide the truth, yes tell your lies
She died again today
for the thirty-fifth time
my heart relives the day
it’s frozen in my mind
Sharing this with Poetry Pantry at Poets United. This poem is a part two to my poem written earlier this week about rape and abused women.
