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when she came to us 
She spoke very less 
Unlike other maid 
She was silent 
Brows-up seems -
Filled with self respect 

My mom tried many ways 
To hear her
Atleast once a day 
"In her past lives 
She might be a princess" -
My mom guesstimate.
Slowly & Slowly as time flies 
We heard her voice 
Descried her lovely smiles. 

She told my mom -
"her spouse left her alone 
With one daughter & one son"
I know, it sounds painful 
But believe me, very common in slums.
But... 
She is an angel 
An Angel for my home
An Angel for my mother 
An Angel without wings 
An Angel without feathers. 

She was absent 
From last three days 
We were tensed 
What might be happened?
Finally we came to know -
Heart-rending episode-
At one Black Night 
She drank forcefully 
By someone, unknown 
She was found in the next noon
At the corner of road,  laid down 
Unconscious and undressed 
Undoubtedly she was raped 
But who cares? 
Her family & neighbours are silent 
As nothing happened 
'cause it's not new there 
Victim may change 
But that Black Night
Repeats at very short interval
I know, it sounds painful 
But believe me, very common in slum.

Today she came again 
Started working in my home 
Her smiles & voice vanished 
In a box  - closed & locked. 
Brows-down & silent again 
Seems - lost somewhere 
In the forest of unshared pain. 

Yet she came to help my mother 
Now, I am damn sure 
She has been sent from heaven 
An Angel for my mumm
An Angel from the slum
From Heaven to live in the Hell
She is an Angel 
An ANGEL from the HELL 

13 March 2018
Poetry contest -Quick Fire Rapid Rhyme
Sponsored by -Brenda Chiri

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